Spicy Green Bean & Tofu Stir Fry
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This spicy and fragrant green bean dish is sublime. There are so many incredible flavours and textures in this recipe. A single bite will have you crunch through squeaky green beans, a sumptuous and smooth sauce, crispy tofu and some delightfully sticky rice. Wonderful!
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If you’re a blog regular, you know I have an unhealthy obsession with green beans. They might be my favourite vegetable, at least in my top five. I feel that green beans don’t get enough love. No one celebrates these emerald sticks as they deserve.
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Whenever I see a boiled mess of green beans served as a side, I’m tempted to have what others might call a “tantrum”. Instead, I’ve chosen to take the diplomatic route and show you how great green beans can be as the focal point of the main dish.
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Enter my spicy green bean and tofu recipe. This crunchy and delicious dish treats green beans with the respect they deserve – lathering them in a beautiful Thai curry sauce and bolstering them with some crispy tofu.
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Now go forth and spread the message of the humble green bean!
If you like this recipe you’re sure to enjoy
Spicy Green Bean & Tofu Stir Fry
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This meal is around % less polluting than the average UK meal.
Eating this recipe will save around KG CO2e per person.
That’s equivalent to the emissions produced driving KM in a modern car.
How do I calculate this?Ingredients
- 300 g Green beans (trimmed)
- 400 g Tofu (pressed to remove excess water and then sliced into 1/2 cm thick slices.)
- 4 Spring onions (thinly sliced)
- 1 Red chilli (thinly sliced)
- 40 g Ginger (peeled and minced)
- 2 Cloves Garlic (minced)
- 5 Tablespoons Vegetable oil
- 2 Tablespoons Thai red curry
- 2 Tablespoons Soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Soft brown sugar
- 50 ml Vegetable stock (can be replaced with water)
- 300 g Jasmine rice (prepared to packet instructions)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200˚c/390˚f (fan oven).
- Grease a baking tray with 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and place the 400g of sliced tofu onto the tray. Sprinkle with a little salt and place into the oven. Cook for 20-25 minutes, turning halfway through, until crispy. Remove and allow to cool a little on the tray.
- Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large saute pan or frying pan over high.
- Add the 2 tablespoons of red curry paste and fry for around 30 seconds until the oil has combined with the paste. Then toss in the 40g of minced ginger and 2 cloves of minced garlic. Cook for a further minute, stirring often.
- Now toss in the 300g of trimmed beans, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2 tablespoons of brown sugar. Stir to combine and cook for about a minute before adding in the 50ml of stock. Cook the beans in the stock and spice mixture for a further 1 -2 minutes until they begin to soften but still retain a little crunch.
- Remove the beans from the heat and tip in the sliced red chilli, 4 sliced spring onions and baked tofu. Toss to combine all the ingredients with the sticky sauce.
- Serve immediately generously heaped over servings of freshly prepared rice.
2 Comments
Jane Damude Empey
July 7, 2022 at 12:17 pm
Hi Hugo, your recipes look great! Can’t wait to dig in, and one question: I assume that the tofu is the hard version. Do you ever prep it to remove excess water?
hugo
July 7, 2022 at 12:24 pm
Hi Jane, yes the tofu is the hard version. I always prep blocks to remove excess water, but honestly you don’t really need to with this recipe. You’ll just need to ensure the tofu is in the oven for a little longer to make sure that it’s properly crispy.