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Zesty, orange, spicy, mouth watering! This Vegan Orange Tofu!
More orangey recipes.. Savory Sriracha Quinoa Millet Orange Peanut Granola or this Crispy Orange Cauliflower .
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Back to the recipe..
Steps:
Cook the tofu until golden on some sides.
Add garlic and pepper and cook for a minute. Move the tofu to the side.
Add the sauce and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat and simmer for a few minutes.
Add more Sambal Oelek chili paste for a deeper color.
Taste and adjust spice. Serve hot.
mmmmm.
Recipe Video below:
Spicy Vegan Orange Tofu and Peppers. Glutenfree Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tsp cornstarch, use arrowroot to make corn-free, add more starch for thicker sauce and glaze
- 2 Tbsp warm water, 1/4 cup for thinner and more sauce
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce (low sodium) or liquid aminos
- 2 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp maple syrup, agave or 1 Tbsp raw sugar
- 1 tbsp or more Asian Hot Chili paste/Sambal oelek, or 2 tsp of Sriracha (or to taste)
- Zest of 1 clementine or small orange
- 1 Juice of 1 orange, 1/3+ cup
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 7 oz firm Tofu, , cubed, patted down with paper towels to remove excess moisture . I use Nasoya non gmo Organic.
- 2-3 cloves garlic, finely chopped/sliced
- 1/2 green bell pepper thinly sliced
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk cornstarch and water. Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, maple, hot chili sauce, orange juice and zest, and reserve.
- Heat oil in a very large nonstick pan or wok over medium-high heat. Add tofu to pan and cook, browning on most sides, about 6-8 minutes. Cover the pan if there is too much sputtering. Add garlic and sliced bell pepper or blanched veggies and cook for half a minute. Add the sauce and cook until sauce begins to bubble(2-4 minutes). Then reduce heat, cover and cook for another 2 minutes. Serve with rice or other grains.
Video
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I LOVED this recipe! Very tasty and had enough for lunch the next day with very little impact to taste. I’ll definitely cook this again! 🙂
yay!
I finally made this. Lol At first I didn’t cook it long enough and ate what was almost soup. Oh well. I cooked the remainder long enough to get the sauce to thicken and glaze. I tasted the maple syrup in it then. Plenty for leftovers!
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Hi! I made this recipe this afternoon. It was delicious! Definitely a keeper. I used red bell pepper and store bought orange juice since there weren’t any oranges available at the grocery store today. We served it with rice, peas and green beans. It was very easy to make. So good! Thank you for your wonderful recipe!
I’ve made this recipe and it is a bit over the top on the orange. I would definitely half it, also half the maple syrup. The spicyness is delicious with the Sriracha sauce. Thanks for the recipe!
maybe the brand of orange? or the sauce thickened a bit much? add more water or broth. Reduce the orange amounts a bit, adjust away to preference.
This was absolutely fabulous. Easy, had the ingredients on hand, super fast and delicious. This will be in regular rotation. I made this for carnivore and he converted on the spot 🙂
Delicious! Sweet-sour kind of flavor, love the spicy kick. This sauce would also be great with broccoli.
Served it with a mix of quinoa and millet. Delicious!
Made this tonight and my daughter practically ate the entire thing herself. It was that good! Thank you
Don’t want to go to the store; any subs for the rice vinegar?
white vinegar or acv
Great!