Thumpy Rose Truth is, rice can be rather boring on the second day. With us, easy high protein vegetarian meals abound and this one features fried firm tofu, making it top plant-based dinner recipes for beginners. Easy one pot meal like this is your perfect fix for left-over brown rice. It is delicious and has an exciting variation of textures. This quick-service dish is much better than any restaurant take-out fried rice. Our tofu stir fry rice is light on your wallet and your waistline too. Curious about a no-animal-meat food lifestyle? peep instagram to see what I eat live😊.
Video Tutorial
Rice is the easiest quick-fix meal for lunch or dinner. Ordinarily, the question is what to add to make it a tasty, healthy, and complete meal. This one-pot blend of brown rice, mixed vegetables, and tofu is a sure bet. You can also learn how to transform store-bought sauce and enjoy it with your bowl of rice.
How to Brown Rice for Tofu Stir Fry Rice
If you end up with burnt rice, it’s not your fault. Just turn it into a tasty drink!
This tofu stir fry rice recipe requires solidly built rice that will not easily turn boggy. Keep in mind that there’s no universal method of cooking rice. This is because of its different variations. So, the secret is in choosing the right variety and using the appropriate cooking method. Worry not, our collection of plant-based dinner recipes for beginners show you how to cook rice using your intuition (yes, eye-ball it!).
It’s not rocket science, right?
Tofu Stir Fry Rice Forgiving Ingredients
Isn’t this the best? What vegetables, protein, and seasoning to use is a decision that is yours to make. In other words, you can customize this meal with your favorite add-ins to suit your taste buds. The only two essential ingredients for tofu stir fry rice are pre-cooked rice and cooking oil. An easy one pot meal to dazzle them with.
Furthermore, chilled brown rice is ideal. Brown rice has a wealth of nutrients and if thoroughly chilled- not frozen, it will fry well when it lands on the hot pan.
Even with fried firm tofu, our easy one pot meal is sweet, spicy, salty and I love how firm the vegetables are. I’m such a sucker for corn. This easy high protein vegetarian meal is a lazzy foodie wet dream. Check out the video tutorial for details. Of all the easy high protein vegetarian meals, this one features fried firm tofu and broccoli.
What vegetable do you like? Comment below and also try out our BTL pasta recipe with plant bacon as a healthy one-pot simple meal idea. I can rave and rant about how delicious this tofu stir fry rice is but you need to taste and believe.
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This quick-service stir fry rice is way better than any restaurant take-out fried rice. Tofu fry rice recipe is light on your wallet and allows you to customize it with your favorite add-ins to suit your taste buds.
Ingredients
- 1LB Mix veges
- 1/3 cup Teriyaki sauce
- 1 block Tofu seasoned & fried
- 1 TBSP Soy sauce
- 1 TBSP garlic mince
- Half yellow onion chopped big
- 1 TBSP ginger paste
- half tsp Five Spice Seasoning
- 2 TBSP vege oil
- 1.5 TBSP Sesame Oil (OPTIONAL)
- ¼ tsp salt & pepper
- 1.5 cups chilled cooked Rice
Instructions
- Heat Vege oil in a wide cooking pan between medium and high heat.
- Saute garlic and ginger until they turn golden brown.
- Saute half onion chopped for less than a minute.
- Move the mixture over to one side of the pan and saute frozen mixed vegetables on low medium heat for about 2 minutes.
- Add Five Spice seasoning and sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon of salt and black pepper. Stir to combine all the ingredients.
- Add chilled cooked rice and seasoned fried tofu.
- On top of this, pour Teriyaki sauce and stir fry between medium and high heat for 5 to 8 minutes.
- Mix it well to ensure the ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Add sesame oil (optional) and mix it in.
- Taste it with a fork and adjust the seasoning as needed.
- Serve it hot and enjoy...
Notes
- To have a crispy feel, don't overcook the vegetables.
- Store leftovers in an airtight bowl and keep it in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Use chilled-not frozen, cooked rice because it fries well.
- Also, use a non-stick or cast iron pan so that the rice doesn't stick on the bottom of the pan as it cooks. If either of these is unavailable, any pan will do- just be a bit keener with stirring.
