Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl

Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl is a high-protein bowl recipe ready in 40 min. It makes 6 servings, each 640 kcal with 35 g protein. Beginner level, 16 ingredients.

Adapted from a home cook's recipe and measured by Cookpath.

  • 40 mintotal
  • Beginnerlevel
  • 640kcal a serving
  • 35 gprotein
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Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl

What is Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl

Roasted crisp tofu, broccoli and pepper over jasmine rice with a spicy peanut sauce of soy, sesame, rice vinegar, chilli paste and ginger.

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How to make Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl

Tips from the cook

  • Press the water out of the tofu well before cubing it, so it turns crisp in the oven.
  • Roast the tofu and the vegetables on separate trays, so neither steams the other.
  • Add more chilli paste to the sauce for more heat.
  • Cook the rice while the trays roast, so everything is ready together.
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Meal prep and storage

Keeps 3 days in the fridge. Store the sauce separately.

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Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowl substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Firm tofu0 option
    Peanut butter5 options
    • Sunflower seed butter 1:1; page says use interchangeably

      Stronger roasted taste.

    • Pumpkin seed butter 1:1
    • Tahini 1:1 in baking per page; bitterer

      Bitter for some.

      Still contains sesame.

    • Soy nut butter or chickpea butter 1:1

      Soy nut butter carries soy.

      Still contains soy.

    • Cashews (for whole peanuts) 1:1

      Still a nut.

      Still contains tree nuts.

    Soy sauce2 options
    • Tamari (labelled gluten-free) 1:1

      Still soy.

      Still contains soy.

    • Coconut aminos 1:1 (sweeter, use a bit more salt)

      Less salty; dark, sold in health-food aisles.

    Sesame oil2 options
    • Neutral oil (sunflower or rapeseed) 1:1

      Loses the toasted nutty flavour in dressings.

    • Peanut oil (not for peanut allergy) 1:1

      Still contains peanuts.

    Chilli paste3 options
    • Hot sauce (thick Louisiana-style: mainly chillies, salt, vinegar) 1:1 by volume, to taste

      Thinner sauces such as Tabasco are not as good.

    • Tomato paste + a few dashes of hot sauce, or 1-2 tsp chilli powder or crushed red flakes 1:1

      Different flavour, texture matches.

    • Chilli powder or cayenne less, to taste

      No paste texture.

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