This vegan ham is the best vegetarian alternative to real ham made with wheat gluten and tofu! Delicious juicy meaty Tofurky style seitan roast recipe for your plant based holiday meal or slice as deli meat for ham sandwiches! So easy!
Recipe by Verna on November 27, 2020
Prep time: PT15M
Cook time: PT1H
Total time: PT1H15M
Rating
5 stars ( reviews)
Keywords
vegan ham, seitan ham, Tofurky roast,
Ingredients
2 teaspoons better than bouillon vegetarian no beef soup base (vegan)
3/4 cup water
1 tablespoon liquid smoke
2 tablespoons ketchup
2 tablespoons sesame oil, toasted
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
2 tablespoons maple syrup
3 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 teaspoon granulated onion
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1 package (400 grams) extra firm tofu
a few drops of red food colouring (optional for colour)
1 and 1/2 cups vital wheat gluten
whole cloves (for decorating- optional)
1 teaspoon better than beef bouillon
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 and 1/2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3 tablespoons dijon mustard
Categories
Mains
Cuisine
American
Steps
Drain tofu, wrap in paper towels and squeeze out extra moisture with your hands. Break into chunks and add to food processor with rest of ingredients EXCEPT GLUTEN and process until smooth like a puree
Now add vital wheat gluten evenly over the top and mix until just combined, it's ok if you see a bit of flour on top.
Turn dough onto counter and knead 20-25 times and form into a ham shaped loaf.
Wrap tightly and completely with a large piece of tin foil and place in a steamer insert of a steamer pot. Fill the base of the pot with water making sure it doesn't touch the steamer insert. Cover and steam for 1 hour. Flip half way though cooking time and add more water if it's getting to low
While ham is steaming preheat oven to 375° and whisk the glaze ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
Unwrap ham, place on cutting board. Score the ham in a crisscross pattern (shallow cuts) and decorate with whole cloves if desired. Place in a small casserole dish (just a little bigger than the roast) pour over the maple glaze. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes basting generously with the glaze every 10 minutes. Remove from oven spoon over more glaze. Cool for a couple minutes, slice and serve. Enjoy any night of the week or with all the holiday fixings like vegan scalloped potatoes, or mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cornbread, roasted vegetables, pumpkin pie for dessert! or slice thin for ham sandwiches! Mmm. For step by step photos see above post
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 1
Calories: 113 calories
Carbohydrates: 8.6 g
Protein: 6.9 g
Fat: 6 g
Saturated Fat: 0.8 g
Trans Fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 428.2 mg
Sugar: 4.3 g
Reviews
Sarah Rolph on 2023-01-16 (5 stars): I am new to vegan food. I don't know what seitan should taste like and I don't think this recipe actually tastes like ham. Having said that, it really does taste very good indeed and the recipe was very easy to follow and the end result looked just like your picture. I look forward to trying more of your recipes.
Angelina on 2023-12-24 (5 stars): Made this for Christmas dinner. I was nervous because I wasn't able to do a test run. It turned out perfect. Everyone loved it, even my youngest who is very picky. (Although it's very good, it didn't taste like ham to me. Everyone else said they thought it did.)
Laura on 2024-02-18 (5 stars): Amazing recipe thank you so much. We have been vegan for 12 years and this is my first attempt at vegan ham, awesome !
Megan Frazier on 2024-03-31 (5 stars): Made this for Easter and it's so good! I used 1/2 block of Tofu and about 1/2 cup of cannellini beans and the texture was perfect. Great recipe for holidays!
Lon Bon on 2025-09-05 (5 stars): Like many other reviewers, I have never made a vegan ham before. I love, love, love the flavor of this "ham." If it's not the taste of animal ham it's very close. Now, the texture is NOT what ham should be at least not in the way my recipe turned out. The ham was too soft even though it wasn't mushy or anything. It just wasn't firm and chewy like a ham should be. One of the reviewers suggested 1/2 the tofu and 1/2 c cannellini beans. I'm trying that next and I think maybe if I kneaded the "ham" longer it would "toughen" up. I'm trying both and will let you know. THANK YOU SOOO Much for this recipe!!!
Rebecca on 2025-10-25 (5 stars): Can I use parchment paper instead of tin foil?
