Definition: Although it is made from wheat, seitan has little in common with flour or bread. Also called “wheat meat”, “wheat gluten” or simply “gluten”, seitan becomes surprisingly similar to the look and texture of meat when cooked, making it a popular meat substitute. Asian restaurants often use seitan as a vegetarian mock meat, and seitan is also the base for several commercially available products such as Tofurky deli slices.

Seitan can be prepared by hand using either whole wheat flour or vital wheat gluten and is made by rinsing away the starch in the wheat, leaving a high-protein gluten behind. Although not as common as tofu, seitan is quickly gaining popularity, particularly in vegetarian restaurants, due to its ability to take on the texture and flavor of meat. Prepared seitan can be found in the refrigerated section of most health food stores.

定义:虽然它是由面粉做的,但是素肉与我们的面粉或者面包有很大的不同.它也被称为"小麦肉","小麦面筋" 或者简单的被称谓"面筋",在烹饪的时候,由于它的外观和质地惊人的像肉,因此这使它成为一个非常普遍的肉的替代品,亚洲餐馆经常利用素肉作为吃素食的和尚的肉制品,同样素肉也是一些商业产品的基本原料,比如熟薄片素鸡.

素肉可以完全用面粉或者主要用小麦面筋通过手工制作.它主要是通过冲洗走小麦中的淀粉,留下高蛋白的面筋而制得的.虽然不象豆腐那样常见，但是由于它具肉的质地和风味,因此素肉很快地流行起来,尤其在素食餐馆.制备好的素肉可以在最健康的食品商店中的冷藏部找到.