Vegan Pepper Steak Easy Seitan Stir Fry

I love a good vegan stir-fry, especially one that’s loaded with veggies and plant-based protein! Most of the stir-fries I’ve featured on this site up until now have included tofu or tempeh as that veggie protein source — dishes like my tofu stir-fry with garlic sauce and my cashew tempeh stir-fry. But you know what else I love to include in a stir-fry for protein? Seitan! The cool thing about seitan is that you can often just swap it right in for meat in non-vegan stir-fry recipes, enabling you to create dishes like this delicious (and easy!) vegan pepper steak.

What You’ll Need

Soy sauce. You can substitute with tamari or liquid aminos if you’d like.Brown sugar. Use organic sugar to keep this recipe vegan.Rice vinegar. White vinegar or apple cider vinegar can be substituted if necessary.Cornstarch.Peanut oil. Feel free to substitute with another high-heat oil, such as canola, avocado, or coconut oil.Garlic.Ginger.Scallions.Seitan. Store-bought or homemade seitan can be used. If you make your own using my recipe, make the beef flavor.Bell peppers. You’ll need one red and one green.Rice. This is for serving your stir-fry. Use your favorite variety and cook it according to the package instructions.

How to Make Seitan Stir-Fry

The following is a summary of the process for making this dish, with some tips. Scroll all the way down if you’d like to skip right to the recipe.

Stir your sauce ingredients together in a small bowl or container: soy sauce, brown sugar, vinegar, and cornstarch. Make sure to fully dissolve the sugar and cornstarch.Heat up some oil in a large skillet or wok, then add diced seitan. Cook the pieces for a few minutes until they begin to brown.Add minced garlic, grated ginger, and just the white parts of your scallions (finely chopped) and sauté them briefly. Keep an eye on them — they burn easily!Turn up the heat and add chopped bell peppers. Stir-fry everything for a few minutes until the peppers brighten in color and become tender-crisp.

Turn the heat down a bit and add your sauce. Be super careful as it can sputter when it hits the hot cooking surface!

Stir-fry everything for a minute or so more, until the sauce thickens up and coats the seitan and veggies, then take your skillet of of the burner.Top the stir-fry with the green parts of your scallions.

Serve it with some rice and enjoy!