Welcome to the Virtual Vegan Potluck! I’m glad you decided to start with appetizers, because I’ve whipped up something extra special for you today… my Vegan Sweet Potato and Korean BBQ Bites!
Boy oh boy! If you haven’t tried my Korean BBQ-Style Seitan yet, you’re in for a treat. Also, where have you been and what the heck have you been doing? You’ve been missing out! This seitan is sticky and chewy, and the sauce (I do a homemade but you can totally cheat and buy a bottle at the grocery store) is a beautiful mixture of sweet, spicy and just a little bit tangy. It can be served all sorts of ways (in tacos with sriracha pineapples is a personal favorite of mine, although the pizza version is just as yummy!) and if you’re anything like me, you’ll be happy just eating it with your fingers straight out of the pan!
Since today is special (it’s the potluck, yo!) I fancified the seitan a little bit, with some Alexia waffle cut sweet potato fries and chopped banana peppers. Nothing too spicy or too sweet, just the perfect combination of both. The seitan is sticky and so flavorful, and really, what is more fun that food you eat with your fingers!?
These were inspired by something I saw on pinterest… it was very much not vegan, had nothing Korean about it, and (if you ask me) couldn’t possibly have been as good as these. Although, to be fair, at this point the only thing they have in common is the waffle fries, haha.
Before we get to the recipe, a friendly little reminder to check out all the other wonderful blogs participating in today’s potluck. You can go to Vegan Blogs United who is hosting the event, or use the buttons to go forward or backward and check out allll the blogs in our little chain. Enjoy!
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Sweet Potato and Korean BBQ Bites
Adapted from non-veg recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 loaf homemade seitan
- 1-2 T Korean hot pepper paste (Gochujang)
- 3 T brown sugar
- 2-3 T soy sauce or Bragg’s liquid aminos
- 1 t rice wine vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon hot chili oil
- 10-12 Sweet potato waffle fries
- 1 T hot chili oil or sesame oil
- Banana peppers, chopped
Directions:
- Shred or dice the seitan, and set aside. Mix the gochujang, sugar, soy sauce, oil and vinegar together in a medium bowl, and add the seitan. Allow to sit for at least 30 minutes, longer if you have the time.
- Bake the fries per package instructions, taking them out 2-3 minutes earlier so they’re crisp but not to the point where you couldn’t bite one in half without it splintering. While they’re in the over, heat the chili (or sesame) oil over medium heat and add the seitan, reserving the sauce. Stir often enough that it doesn’t burn or stick to the pan, and after 2-3 minutes you can start to pour the extra sauce (Slowly! A little bit at a time, you might not want to use it all!) over the seitan as it cooked. This is what makes it so damn sticky and good. Total time in the pan should be at least 8-10 minutes.
- When the fries are done, top with the seitan and a few bits of banana pepper, and serve warm!
Enjoy!
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These look and sound amazing! (And I actually thought the banana peppers were pickled daikon– Korean danmuji– at first before I read the ingredients list.)
These look amazing. I had to stop myself from licking my computer screen.
Sweet, savory and spicy….what’s not to love! This looks awesome. And yeah, why haven’t I tried your Korean BBQ seitan yet??? It sounds and looks amazing. It’s the kinda thing we’d eat around here often I’m sure. Def pinning for later. Thanks!
How interesting, I bet they’re delicious!
So awesome and does NOT look vegan by the photos! Nice work.
I had the pleasure of hanging out with Barb in the kitchen AND trying these a few weeks ago, and, boy-oh-boy, were they a crowd-pleaser! Such a perfect appetizer!
Holy moly!! Awesome appetizer, Barb!
Thank you SO MUCH for your help with this Potluck – very much appreciated.
Those would make such a great appetizer for a games night!
Oh wow! Those look incredible and definitely worth throwing a party just to make them. Thanks for sharing. I’m loving the VVP this year!
You are so creative! What a fun way to use Frozen Waffle Fries. I’ve still never tried Korean BBQ before and am sure I’d LOVE it!
These look sooo great! I am gonna make some of these for my christmas buffet! Thank you and happy potluck! X
Looks fabulous, Barb!
wow look at the seitan attached to that waffle fry. Quite the lovely appetizer!
Um…. I need these in my life… Immediately! I know what my Sunday is going to look like. Thanks so much for sharing this amazingness with us.
When I scrolled down to the first picture, I actually said “Oh, wow!” out loud. This recipe rocks! I MUST try that seitan.
Barb, you’ve outdone yourself. So SO yummy! I want it now!
Brilliant idea!
That BBQ seitan looks amazing!! Do you have a homemade seitan recipe that you like? I’ve tried making it, but it turned out a little rubbery. I’d love to have a good recipe, since I end up buying it all the time!
Yes ma’am! I have an amazing seitan recipe, it’s linked in the ingredients list (but wasn’t when you first looked, so no, you’re not crazy, haha)
These look incredible, what a fantastic appetizer. Happy VVP!
oh my. i need to get on this korean bbq wagon! these bites look fabulous
Wow these sound amazing!!!! If only I could buy Seitan here in Ireland (seriously, sometimes I wonder if I speak English, because the usual reaction to me asking if Health Store – which is the usual place here to get veg*n foods – could order some, is: ‘What IS that?”)
I reckon even the boy (non-vego) could get into these. Thanks for sharing!
This is exactly the kind of recipe that makes me say, “that was vegan?!” lol. My bf would flip over these. Definitely pinning!
What a lovely addition to the potluck! Your photos are just lovely too – I hope I’ll get that good with food photography one day. 🙂
These look great. I think I am going to co-opt the idea of use the waffle cut sweet potatoes as a base for other things too!
these bites look beautiful…i love the pictures.
YUM! SO many amazing flavours going on here! Happy VVP 🙂
Got any left? I must have one!
Oh yum those look good! Love how perfectly glazed that seitan is.
Wow, do these look good! I can almost taste their sticky-sweet deliciousness!
These look so delicious and fun! I love that you make your own seitan. 🙂
I’m so impressed by everyone’s creativity!
Since going vegan I have accepted that I would never eat Korean BBQ again….until right now!
Yummm…. they look so moorish!
Thank you for posting this… you introduced me to Korean food today too, and for that I’m grateful. I can’t wait to try it!
I love Korean BBQ – the flavors are amazing!
Hey girl, just wanted to let you know that I included your recipe in the list of my favorites from this VVP! The post is here, if you want to see it: http://wp.me/p3LYmB-b5
Thank you for your recipe!
-Alina from Vegan Runner Eats
Awesome, thanks!!
This looks awesome! I have never had korean BBQ before (meat or vegan version) but totally want to try it now. Your seitan looks delicious, love it paired ontop of the waffle fries!
Nice! Those nummy flavours and crunchy chips…mmmmm.
Want. NOW.
So much fun, that seitan looks pretty amazing!
i LOVE this recipe! i pinned for future making…