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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.
My first time trying soy curls. This recipe is wonderful! It’s going on my favorites list. Thank you!
Man! This was the bomb! Seriously. I can’t stop nibbling on it while my rice is cooking. I’ve made tons of your recipes and have both of your cookbooks, but have never left a comment. I had to stop and comment on this one. So good. I didn’t have sambal oelek so I just used garlic chili paste.
I made this today. We both loved it and the soy curls were really good in here. I recently ordered a box of soy courls from Butler, so I want to try them in different recipes.
I will make this again and again!
Thank you!
I have been making stir fry for decades. This was the best I’ve ever made. Loved the sauce. Thank you!
Thank you, will try.
Super delicious! It was a bit thick, but that was probably because I dusted the soy curls with starch before frying and added starch to the marinade. I guess if I dust the curls then I can skip the addition to the marinade. Kids thought it is too gingery (easy adjustment for next time) but grown-ups raves about it. Thank you for introducing me to Butler soy curls, I would have never found or even tried them if you wouldn’t have recommended them. I really like them. Do you have maybe a gyros recipe for them?
aweesome! i have gyros reecipe with mushrooms, just use soy curls with a bit additional broth.
I loved this recipe so much!! It was a hit with veggies and omnis alike. Thank you Richa 🙂
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absolutely delicious! will definitely make again. thanks for the awesome recipe.
Excellent! I doubled the sauce and added a few more veggies, it was perfect!
awesome
This was my first time ever using soy curls and what an amazing recipe to start with! Wow! This recipe comes together so easily and the flavour is incredible. I’ve since passed this recipe on to friends and family who also love it.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!