Thai tofu and red cabbage rice bowl recipe

Thai tofu and red cabbage rice bowl

This vegan rice bowl is guaranteed to liven up your midweek meals – and best of all, this healthy recipe can be rustled up in under half an hour. Lemongrass-scented rice is topped with stir-fried tofu, mangetout and red cabbage and served with a sprinkle of peanuts and a squeeze of lime.

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  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook
  • 508 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • 300g (10oz) easy cook brown rice
  • 1 stick lemongrass, halved lengthways

For the tofu

  • 2 tbsp groundnut oil
  • 1 x 396g pack tofu, cut into 2cm (1in) cubes
  • 1 red bird’s-eye chilli, finely sliced
  • 40g (1 1/2oz) piece ginger, sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 4 spring onions, sliced
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • ½ small red cabbage, sliced
  • 100g mangetout
  • 15g basil leaves, sliced
  • 4 tbsp peanuts, toasted and roughly chopped, to serve
  • 1 lime, quartered, to serve

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Each serving contains

Energy
2135kJ 508.0kcal
25%
Fat
18g
medium25%
Saturates
3g
low16%
Salt
0.7g
low11%
Sugars
6g
low6%

of the Reference intake

Carbohydrate 70.6gProtein 12.1gFibre 6.6g

Method

  1. Put the rice and the lemongrassin a pan and cover with 600ml (1pt) water. Bring to the boil, turn down to a simmer and cook for 25 minutes or until the rice is tender. Add more boiling water from the kettle during cooking if needed.
  2. Heat the oil in a large wok and stir-fry the tofufor 6 minutes until lightly golden. Add the chilli, ginger, garlic andspring onions. Fry for 1 minute, then stir in the lime juice and the soy sauce. Add the red cabbage and mangetout and stir-fry for a further 3 minutes. Finally, stir through the basil and remove from the heat.
  3. Spoon the rice into bowls and top with the tofu and red cabbage. Sprinkle over the peanuts and serve with a wedge of lime.

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