Stir-fried seitan & vegetables with spicy papaya sauce

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 tablespoon ;oil
1 pounds Pork-style seitan; sliced into strips
4 mediums Zucchini or yellow summer squash; sliced
1½ pounds Snow peas; tips & strings removed
½ pounds Carrots; thinly sliced
1 medium Onion; diced
½ Green cabbage; diced -OR-
1 Head broccoli; cut into florettes
1 Red or green pepper; diced
1 teaspoon Dried coriander
1 teaspoon Dried ginger or 1 inch cube
Fresh ginger; chopped
1 teaspoon Chili powder or 1 fresh
Chili; chopped
½ medium Onion; finely chopped
1 tablespoon ;oil
2 Papayas; diced -OR-
4 cups Mexican papaya or honeydew
¼ cup Brown sugar or honey
(optional)
1 large Potato; white or sweet; cooked
2 cups ;water

Directions

STIR FRY

PAPAYA SAUCE

Stir fry: Heat oil in a wok or frying pan. Add onion and carrots and stir fry until crisp-tender. Then add the other vegetables and stir fry until crisp-tender. Add seitan last.

Place into a serving dish and pour hot sauce over the top. Serve immediately.

Papaya Sauce: Lightly saute' the spices and onion in oil. Blend remaining ingredients in blender until smooth. Add to the pan and simmer gently for 20 minutes.

Adapted from _Eating In: From Field to Kitchen in Biosphere 2_ by Sally Silverstone. The Biosphere Press.

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