Tofu Green Bean Stir Fry

Tofu Green Bean Stir Fry is a vegetable dish prepared with stir fried tofu and green beans in a sauce made out of sesame oil, peanut butter, soy sauce and lime juice.

When cooking green beans our go to recipe is a simple stir fry with pork and soy sauce and it is a common Filipino recipe which is quite popular in most household, it’s one of those easy go to recipe that is both healthy and nutritious but sometime you want something different and if that happens then give this recipe for today a shot. Tofu Green Bean Stir Fry is a nearly similar dish but instead of pork I used crispy deep-fried tofu and flavoured it with some peanut butter and maple syrup the result was amazing, try it!

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Tofu Green Bean Stir Fry

  • Author: Raymund
  • Prep Time: 15 mins
  • Cook Time: 20 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 3-4 1x
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Filipino

Description

Tofu Green Bean Stir Fry is a vegetable dish prepared with stir fried tofu and green beans in a sauce made out of sesame oil, peanut butter, soy sauce and lime juice.


Ingredients

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  • 1 large block firm tofu, cubed
  • 250 g green beans, sliced and trimmed
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp peanut butter
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 small red chilli, finely chopped
  • 2 pcs shallots sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • oil

Instructions

  1. Deep fry tofu in 180C oil until golden brown and crispy, set aside and let it drain excess oil
  2. In a wok add oil then sauté garlic and shallots.
  3. Add the green beans and chilli then continue to stir fry for 3 minutes.
  4. Add soy sauce, peanut butter, lime juice and maple syrup. Stir fry and mix well to distribute the sauce evenly. You might need to add a bit of water.
  5. Add the tofu and sesame oil stir fry for one more minute then serve hot.

 

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2 Responses

  1. Bernadette Torres says:

    When do you add the lime?

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