Seitan fajitas
20 min · 33 g protein · 331 cals / serving
Sizzling fajitas in 20 minutes: strips of seitan seared with charred peppers and onion in a smoky chili-lime seasoning, then piled into warm corn tortillas with salsa and a cool lime crema. Seitan's chewy, meaty bite is made for a very hot pan.
Ingredients
- 1 lb seitan, store-bought, cut into strips
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 green pepper bell pepper, sliced
- 1 medium onion, sliced
Seasoning
- 2 tsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp paprika, smoked
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tsp reduced sodium soy sauce
Lime crema
- scant 1/2 cup soft tofu, silken
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- a pinch salt
To serve
- 6 (6-inch) corn tortilla, warmed
- scant 1/2 cup salsa
- a small handful fresh cilantro
Steps
- Stir the chili powder, cumin, smoked paprika, garlic powder, oregano, lime juice and soy sauce together in a small bowl.
- Heat the oil in your largest skillet or a cast-iron pan over high heat until it shimmers. Add the peppers and onion in a single layer and leave them for 2 minutes to char, then stir and cook 4–5 minutes more, until blistered but still with some bite.
- Add the seitan strips and the seasoning and toss over high heat for 3 minutes, until the seitan is hot and browned at the edges and the seasoning has turned sticky.
- Meanwhile, make the crema: whisk the silken tofu hard with the lime juice, vinegar and salt until completely smooth, or blitz it for a few seconds with a stick blender.
- Warm the tortillas and serve them with the sizzling pan, the salsa, the lime crema and cilantro, for everyone to build their own.
Good to know
Is seitan gluten-free?
No, seitan is made from wheat gluten. For a gluten-free version use extra-firm tofu cut into batons and patted dry, browned on its own first for 6–8 minutes, and tamari instead of soy sauce.
No tortillas?
Serve the fajita pan over shredded lettuce as a bowl, with the salsa and crema on top. It scores about 74 instead of 63. Six tortillas is a generous one and a half each because the pan is so full; warm more if your crowd wants two each.
Alternative
Per
- Calories
- 106
- Protein
- (40%)
- 11 g
- Fat
- (19%)
- 2 g
- Carbohydrates
- (42%)
- 12 g
- of which sugar
- 2 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 342 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. General guidance, not medical advice. Talk to your prescriber. How
As written, 1323 kcal goes into the pot and 1401 g of ingredients comes out as about 1253 g of food: 106 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.