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General Tso’s Soy Curls! Easy weeknight stir fry with soy curls and veggies. Vegan General Tso’s Chicken. Gluten-free, Nut-free Recipe Jump to Recipe
This general tso’s Sauce + Soy Curls makes for an amazing weeknight meal. Soy curls are marinated in the from scratch homemade general tsos sauce mixture, then stir fried to crisp. Veggies added in along, and the rest of the marinade is then cooked down to thicken. Serve this easy stir fry with rice or noodles!
Soy curls absorb moisture differently and sauce amount preference also varies, so make another full or half back of the sauce and add more if needed.
Ingredients for general tso’s Soy curls
- For the sauce you need, soy sauce or tamari, sugar, rice vinegar, mirin, toasted sesame oil, sambal oelek chili paste, ginger and garlic
- For the stir fry you need soy curls, green onions, garlic, bell peppers, zucchini or carrots
How to make General Tso’s Soy curls stir fry
Mix the marinade. Add soy curls and mix and soak. Toss twice in between, Heat a skillet over medium hi heat.
Add oil. When hot, add garlic and green onion and toss for a few seconds
Fish out the soy curls from the marinade and add to the pan, cook for 4 to 5 mins to brown some edges. you can also toss the soy curls in cornstarch before using for crisping up the soy curls. Add the peppers and veggies and mix. Add a pinch of salt and cook for 2 mins
Add 1 tbsp cornstarch and 1/4 cup water to the marinade and mix well.
Add the sauce mixture to the pan and mix well. Cover and cook for 3 to 4 mins to thicken. Stir once in between. Also taste at the time to adjust flavor. Add salt, sugar, heat if needed.
Let sit covered for another min.
Serve with rice and blanched broccoli. garnish with green onions and fresh black pepper 
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- Sticky ginger Sesame Tofu Veggie Stir fry
- Hoisin Noodles and Tofu stir fry
- Cashew Tofu and veggies
- Soy-free tofu stir fry with sunbutter sauce
- Lemongrass Tempeh with sesame noodles
- Sticky Sesame Cauliflower
Vegan General Tso's Soy Curls
Ingredients
- 4 oz soy curls, (dry), see notes for where to buy and sub options
General tso's Sauce:
- 3/4 cup warm water /veggie broth
- 3 to 4 tbsp sugar or coconut sugar or other sweetener
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce use tamari to make gluten-free
- 2 tsp mirin rice wine
- 2 to 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1.5 tsp toasted sesame oil
- 2 tsp sambal oelek chile paste optional or sriracha or pepper flakes to taste
- 2 tsp grated fresh ginger
- 3 cloves minced garlic
Stir fry:
- 1 tsp oil, (safflower or sesame)
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions, ,white portions as well, use greens for garnish
- 1/2 red bell pepper
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- 1 cup zuchini or carrots or other veggies
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Mix the marinade. **Reserve 1/2 cup of the marinade in another bowl to use later. Add soy curls to the marinade and mix and soak for 10-15 mins. Toss twice in between so all soy curls marinate well.
- Heat a skillet over medium high heat, and add the oil. When hot, remove the soy curls from the marinade and add them to the pan. (You can also toss the marinated soy curls in cornstarch before using for extra crispness.) Cook for 4 to 5 minutes to brown some of the edges, then in the last minute of cooking, add in the garlic and green onion.
- Cook, adding 1/2 teaspoon extra oil, if needed, until the onion starts to turn translucent. Add the peppers and veggies and mix. Add a pinch of salt and cook for 2 mins
- Add 1 tbsp cornstarch and 1/4 cup water to the remaining marinade (reserved plus remaining) and mix well.
- Add the marinade sauce mixture to the pan and mix. Cover and cook for 3 to 4 mins to thicken. Stir once in between. Also taste at the time to adjust flavor. Add salt, sugar, heat if needed. Let sit covered for another min.
- Serve with rice and blanched broccoli. garnish with green onions , toasted sesame seeds, and fresh black pepper.
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Notes
More Saucy: For saucier, double the sauce, add in some more veggies if desired. Szechuan version:
Heat 2 tsp oil. add 1 tsp crushed schezuan peppercorns and cook until roasted.
Drain the oil into the marinade and use. Soy curls are not same as soy chunks that are chewier and take much longer to cook. Soy curls can be found in some grocery stores or online on amazon. Use Tofu or chickpeas to substitute soy curls . For Tofu, use firm or extra firm(10 to 14 oz), press for 15 mins, then toss in cornstarch and bake at 400 deg F for 20 mins or pan fry to crisp. Add to the skillet after adding the sauce. Or use 1 can chickpeas drained Nutrition is for 1 serve, does not include rice or noodles.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Making this for dinner on Monday so I prepped the veggies on Sunday. I’m doing WW, so I loaded it into the app to see how many points it would be. Was pleasantly surprised!! I doubled the sauce ingredients & upped it to 4 cups of veggies total (includes pepper & carrots) and it is only 4 pp per svg & you get a 1+pt for the veggies. With a little rice still a very reasonable points for a meal. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. Will rate & comment again once I cook it.
yay! can’t wait to hear how it tunred out
Loved this!!! Prepping ahead made it super simple. Loved the soy curls soaked with a little more flavor than water or broth, and the sweetness made them brown good which I like. Will use this method with other recipes. I think I would cut back the vinegar next time, and maybe used 4T sugar instead of 3T like I did. It was more spicy tangy than sweet & spicy, but awesome flavor. Thanks for a great recipe!
Yes adjust away!
I made this exactly as posted (with sriracha). It was a huge hit. I actually use soy curls all the time, but I normally rehydrate them first. This really amped up the flavor, and I’m definitely going to try this approach in the future. I will make this again!
old dog – new tricks 🐩
Delicious!! First time using soy curls and was a bit nervous of the end result but it turned out very yummy! Whole family enjoyed it. Definitely double the sauce. Made it with peppers, zucchini and mushrooms.
Yay
I made this for dinner tonight, delicious!
OMG!!! We love soy curls!! Best plant based discovery yet!! And this recipe will satisfy any craving for beef and greens. Go ahead and try it. I dare you!!!
haha! soy curl daredevil!!
I made this for dinner tonight, delicious!
Yay
My very first experience with soy curls and this recipe was so yummy! I followed the recipe but added blanched broccoli into the mix! I’ll definitely be making this again!
Nutritious and crunchy idea Rose, thank you
Did you marinate the dry soy curls or rehydrate them as directed on the package first?
please see step #1 and the notes section. put in marinade dry.
This was great! Flavors were on point.
Loved the chewy soy curls. I doubled the recipe and it worked fine – also just threw in all of the leftover veggies I had in my fridge that needed to get eaten and it was great!
Awesome
So good! I’ll be making this regularly.
Thanks Richa for the introduction to soy curls! I hate to admit I had never used them in seven years of full-time vegan cooking. I marinated them somewhat along the lines of your recipe (using molasses as a sweetener for extra iron) and made a stir-fry with lots of veggies. Delicious!
So glad you tried them and loved them!