Seitan: Gingered with Vegetables and White Miso Sauce

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1½ T. olive oil

2 cloves garlic

1 ½ T. grated ginger
1 small onion, sliced across the grain
1 leek, thinly sliced on the diagonal
¼ head of cabbage, thinly sliced
2 carrots, julienne
sea salt
2 cups seitan, cut in to thin flat strips
2-3 T. white miso
2-3 T. mirin or sake

Heat the oil in a large pan and add the garlic. Sauté for 1 minute and add the onions and sauté until translucent. Add a bit of water and the leek and continue to sauté for 2 minutes. Add the cabbage, carrot and a pinch of sea salt and sauté briefly. Cover and cook for 10 minutes. Gently stir in the seitan, cover and cook another couple of minutes. You may add bit of water if the pan is too dry. Combine the miso with mirin or sake and mix in to the vegetables . Add 1 T water if the pan is too dry.