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Chilli tofu flash-fry with noodles
This super-speedy, surprisingly simple and seriously tasty stir-fry is proof that big flavour doesn’t have to mean big effort. Tofu, red pepper, chestnut mushrooms and rice noodles are simmered in a punchy sauce made with sliced chilli and a squeeze of our sun-dried tomato and harissa pastes, then sprinkled with spring onions. Cook it in a flash, devour at your leisure…
SWK: Source of fibre
SWK: High protein
Plants 5
quick cook
Serving size
Ingredients
- 120g chestnut mushrooms
- 3 spring onion
- 1 chilli
- 1 onion
- 280g tofu (Soya) (Tofu (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari))
- 4 tsp garlic paste (Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (use half) (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 1 pepper
- 150g brown rice noodles (Brown rice flour (83.5%), water)
- 2 tbsp harissa paste (Red Chilli, Garlic, Tomato Puree, Sea Salt, Coriander, Acetic Acid, Paprika, Cumin, Caraway, Mint)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 552
Protein: 32g
Carbs: 72g
Fat: 14g
Ingredients
- 2 x chilli
- 2 onion
- 240g chestnut mushrooms
- 5 spring onion
- 560g tofu (Soya) (Tofu (Water, Soya Beans, Nigari))
- 8 x garlic paste (Garlic, Sea Salt, Citric Acid)
- 2 tbsp harissa paste (Red Chilli, Garlic, Tomato Puree, Sea Salt, Coriander, Acetic Acid, Paprika, Cumin, Caraway, Mint)
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 2 pepper
- 300g brown rice noodles (Brown rice flour (83.5%), water)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 546
Protein: 32g
Carbs: 71g
Fat: 14g
Chilli tofu flash-fry with noodles
This super-speedy, surprisingly simple and seriously tasty stir-fry is proof that big flavour doesn’t have to mean big effort. Tofu, red pepper, chestnut mushrooms and rice noodles are simmered in a punchy sauce made with sliced chilli and a squeeze of our sun-dried tomato and harissa pastes, then sprinkled with spring onions. Cook it in a flash, devour at your leisure…
Cook time:
20 mins
Cuisine:
British
Food group:
Vegan
Allergens: Celery, Soya
Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- 1 medium saucepan
- 1 large non stick frying pan
Start prepping
- Thinly slice the chillies (deseed for less heat), then peel the onions and cut into wedges. Deseed and thinly slice the peppers, then thinly slice the mushrooms and spring onions.
Sort the noodles & tofu
- Cook the noodles in boiling water for 3-4 mins. Drain, then rinse.
- Meanwhile, drain the tofu, pat dry with kitchen roll and cut into 1cm cubes.
- Put a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Tip in the chillies (to taste) and tofu, spritz with cooking spray and lightly season to taste with salt. Cook for 4-5 mins, turning occasionally, until the tofu is golden.
Add some oomph!
- Tip the onions, peppers and mushrooms into the pan and cook for 3 mins. Stir in all 3 pastes and cook for 1 min.
- Crumble in half the stock cube, pour in 200ml water (use all the stock and 250ml water for 4 portions) and stir well. Add the noodles and warm through for 1 min.
Plate up
- To serve, top the chilli tofu noodles with the spring onions.