Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans. Tofu, Cauliflower, sweet potatoes, bell pepper, garlic, turmeric, ginger and simmer in in this coconut curry dish. Everything is simmered in light coconut milk with a little tomato sauce and plenty of aromatic spices to make it rich and creamy and FLAVORFUL. This Cashew Tofu stir-fry is loaded up with healthy veggies, crispy tofu, roasted cashews, and tossed with a simple ginger stir-fry sauce.
You can have Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans
- Prepare 14 oz of extra firm tofu (1 brick).
- Prepare 12 oz of green beans, washed & cut in 2” pieces.
- It’s 1/2 cup of toasted cashews (unsalted).
- You need 14 oz of unsweetened coconut milk.
- It’s 2 of ” ginger, peeled & grated.
- It’s 2 of garlic cloves, minced.
- It’s 1.5 tbsp of soy sauce.
- It’s 2 tbsp of molasses.
- Prepare 2 tbsp of dried scallions.
- Prepare 3 tbsp of oil (avoid olive oil this time).
- You need 1 tbsp of rice vinegar.
- You need to taste of salt & pepper.
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Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans instructions
Halve the tofu brick horizontally and place on paper towels to absorb as much water as possible. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan on high heat, until it glistens. Season the tofu on all sides with salt / pepper and fry at least 4 minutes per side, or until golden and crispy. Be careful not to move it except for flipping, to avoid it from breaking. Reserve..
Add 1 tbsp oil to the same pan and sauté the green beans for 3-4 minutes, or until blisters appear. Place in a bowl and reserve..
One more tbsp oil into the pan, and this time add the minced ginger and garlic. Sauté until fragrant (30 seconds, more or less). Add coconut milk, soy sauce, molasses. Turn down heat to low and reduce the sauce to half, stirring constantly, until it thickens and becomes syrupy (this will take some 12-15 minutes)..
Add cashews and cook in the sauce for 2 minutes. Cube the tofu and add to the sauce, mixing carefully to coat the cubes without breaking them..
To serve, toss the green beans with rice wine and dried scallions. Serve the whole thing in a bowl with your favorite starch (we used steamed basmati rice). Yummers!.
If you are a clever vegan or just a general cashew sauce lover and you already do something amazing with cashew sauce that I have not thought of, I am expecting a full report in the comments. Tofu doesn't have to mean bland anymore. From breakfast to dessert, you can scramble, fry, bake, blend, and whip it. How do you get flavor into bland tofu? This blogger starts by soaking extra-firm tofu in salted water to season and soften it.
