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Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Pasta with Garlic Soy curls. 20 Gm of Protein. Vegan Tuscan Garlic “Chicken” And pasta. Vegan Recipe Can be Soyfree with Mushrooms or Seitan. 30 Mins. Gluten-free and nutfree option Jump to Recipe
This Luscious 30 Minute pasta is a vegan version of a dish I used to get in some restaurant more than a decade ago. Wow that was specific 😉 Anywho, the Creamy garlicky sauce with sun dried tomato some grilled chickin gets a vegan makeover! The Soy curls and soaked in garlic veggie broth, then toasted with more garlic and freshly ground black pepper. Then added to the cream base. Sun dried tomato, herbs, fresh thyme, pasta such as farfalle or fettuccine. Bliss.
This sauce and pasta are flexible to taste and ingredients. Use gluten-free pasta if needed, some nutfree non dairy cream for no nuts and use seitan, tofu or mushrooms to sub soy curls.
Easy, Quick and Delicious! Lets make this Luscious Meal.
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- Chickpea Chorizo, Quinoa shells in tomato sauce. GF – So Meaty.
Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Pasta with Garlic Soy curl
Ingredients
- 7 to 8 oz farfalle or fettuccine other pasta, , cooked according to package instructions
- 3 oz soy curls, , or other chickin substitutes or use mushrooms for soyfree
- 1/2 cup veggie broth or vegan chikin flavored broth
- 3/4 tsp poultry seasoning, , or 1/4 tsp each of sage, onion powder, garlic powder, thyme,
- 2 tsp oil
- 4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning, , optional
- 1.5 cup cashew milk, (1/3 cup cashews blended with 1.25 cups of water), Use 2 cups for saucier(1/2 cup cashews + 1.5 cups water)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp each of oregano, ,thyme or 1 tsp italian blend
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup or more chopped sun dried tomato
- 3 to 5 oz baby spinach, or chopped spinach
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast or 2-3 tbsp vegan parm
- fresh thyme or basil for garnish
Instructions
- Heat the water or broth until just about boiling. Combine the soy curls with boiling broth, garlic powder, poultry seasoning in bowl. (Or soak in hot chikin flavored broth). Let sit for 10 mins, stir once or twice in between. You can also use other chikin subs, seitan. If using mushrooms or pressed tofu, skip this step.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Squeeze the soy curls to remove excess water and add to the skillet. Cook to brown some edges (3 to 5 mins, longer with mushrooms).
- Add garlic, black pepper and mix in. Add poultry seasoning and smoked paprika. Add other veggies if using and cook for 2 mins. (red bell pepper or zucchini work well).
- Add cashew milk, salt, garlic, onion powder, oregano, thyme and mix well. Bring to a boil.
- Add the sun dried tomato, spinach, nutritional yeast or vegan parm and bring to a boil. Taste and adjust salt, flavor (add more italian herbs if neeses). Add some lemon zest or more nutritional yeast/vegan parm Fold in the cooked pasta and toss to coat. Take of heat, cover and let sit for minute. Garnish with fresh herbs, Serve with garlic bread.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can we use almond milk instead?
yes a vegan white sauce will work with almond milk
Impressive! I used portabellas instead of the soy and added the zucchini and red pepper as suggested. I substituted Oatmilk, cause that’s what I had on hand. I also added the red pepper flakes at the end as the others recommended.
thanks Mimi! good to know about milk
So good! Even my picky eaters loved it after pulling the spinach off 🤷🏼♀️ Easy and quick to make. We added crushed red pepper flakes and extra salt and pepper. Love the incorporation of soy curls instead of more processed “ckn” meat substitutes.
Yay!
Great recipe! I have not made a cashew milk yet so that was fun being able to try it in this recipe. I used fettuccine noodles and it really reminded us of an alfredo sauce. I didn’t have any sun dried tomatoes or spinach, so it was very simple but it was still very yummy. The kids ate it all up! I added red pepper flakes to my serving and that gave it a good spice. For being limited on items in the house due to these times (Covid 19) this was a success! Thank you!
thank you Tina, I love red pepper flakes too!
Can I make this with soy milk or canned coconut milk
yes, use unsweetened
what about unsweetened almond milk ?
yes that should work just fine
This dish looks creamy and delicious. Pure comfort food for sure!
This was tasty. I could barely taste the sun dried tomatoes though. I may try again with 2-3x more sun dried tomatoes. Nice cream sauce and always love recipes with soy curls. Thank you!
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Easy
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Thanks!
Does this keep well and can it be reheated?
yes, the sauce will thicken, so reheat with a bit of non dairy milk
My husband and I are new to plant-based eating and LOVED this recipe!! Actually, this was the second recipe we have tried from your website (the Vegan Sheet Pan Tacos Dinner was the first) and we are looking for more recipes from you. Thank you SO much for giving us yummy ideas for foods that are healthy and clean!!
awesome! Thanks!
Soaking with only that half cup of broth and browning the soy curls at the beginning gave them great texture! Super yum dish as usual.
Right! they get crisp but still chewy and flavorful and work so well with the creamy sauce!