I wrote about this meal a few years ago, but as with many of my older posts, the recipe link no longer works, so I'll include it here again; this one comes from January 2010's Chatelaine:
Spicy Peanut, Tofu and Spinach Stir-Fry
1/2 cup (125 mL) orange juice
1/3 cup (75 mL) all-natural peanut butter
1/3 cup (75 mL) teriyaki sauce
1 1/2 tbsp (20 mL) hot chili-garlic sauce OR 1 1/2 tsp (7 mL) sriracha sauce
350-g pkg President's Choice teriyaki-flavoured tofu*
1 red pepper
6-oz (170-g) bag baby spinach
In a small bowl, whisk juice with peanut butter, teriyaki and chili-garlic sauce until mixed. Set aside. Slice tofu and red pepper into thin strips. If using teriyaki-flavoured tofu, add leftover teriyaki sauce in package to sauce mixture.
Lightly coat a large frying pan with oil and set over medium-high heat. When hot, add tofu and pepper. Gently stir-fry until tofu is hot and pepper is tender, 3 to 5 min. Don’t worry if tofu breaks a bit. Stir in sauce and spinach. Remove from heat and stir until spinach is just wilted. Serve over cooked couscous, boiled quinoa or steamed rice.**
Makes 4 servings.
*Can also used plain tofu, firm or extra-firm
**I made President's Choice bulgur quinoa blend for the side dish. This has become one of my favourite sides and I often make it in place of rice or quinoa.
Unlike my picture from a few years ago, I now slice up the tofu and pepper in smaller strips than the original recipe calls for. I like it this way better.
I like to try new recipes, constantly, and have a stack of favourites collected over the years. Everyone in the house must love the recipe or it gets tossed. I plan suppers one month in advance; supper is my favourite meal of the day! Here, I'll share with you what I made and how it turned out.
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January 27, 2014
February 29, 2012
February 28th: Chicken Strips & Peanut Sauce, Baked Eggrolls
A couple more tries from Mom's cookbook, some good, some not so good:
Chicken Fingers & Peanut-Apricot Sauce
My family swooned. To quote Olivia: "Mom, I think I'm going to eat all this chicken, because I love it." Anything that gets my child to eat more than a couple bites of meat wins in my book. Yay, peanut sauce.
Baked Egg Rolls
I served this with the suggested accompaniment of plum sauce, but we three did not like the plum sauce, so I ended up throwing out the entire (big) pot. That was disappointing. The egg rolls were good, but even better the next day when I made some tweaks to the recipe. I'm going to suggest even more, which I intend to try out in future:
(1) double the sauce mixture
(2) use 1/3 cup filling per egg roll
(3) fold as per egg roll shape, rather than rolling as per spring roll shape
(4) cook in a pan with plenty of oil in the bottom and turn halfway through
Chicken Fingers & Peanut-Apricot Sauce
My family swooned. To quote Olivia: "Mom, I think I'm going to eat all this chicken, because I love it." Anything that gets my child to eat more than a couple bites of meat wins in my book. Yay, peanut sauce.
Baked Egg Rolls
I served this with the suggested accompaniment of plum sauce, but we three did not like the plum sauce, so I ended up throwing out the entire (big) pot. That was disappointing. The egg rolls were good, but even better the next day when I made some tweaks to the recipe. I'm going to suggest even more, which I intend to try out in future:
(1) double the sauce mixture
(2) use 1/3 cup filling per egg roll
(3) fold as per egg roll shape, rather than rolling as per spring roll shape
(4) cook in a pan with plenty of oil in the bottom and turn halfway through
| Assembly line |
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| In well-oiled pan, and turned so coated in oil |
| The finished result; not too shabby, hey? |
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