Vegan Spicy Coconut & Crispy Tofu Noodles Recipe

Author: Vegan Mob

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Vegan Spicy Coconut & Crispy Tofu Noodles Recipe

This fiery bowl of crispy tofu noodles is rich, creamy and a little bit spicy. Let the scotch bonnet do all the work in this simple noodle soup or leave it out if spice isn’t your thing.

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Total Time: 55 minutes

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Servings: 2

Rating:  

Total Time: 55 minutes

Servings: 2

Ingredients

Method

Ingredients

(Servings: 2)

  • 0.5 0.5 onion
  • 1.5 1.5 inch knob of ginger
  • 0.5 0.5 Scotch Bonnet chilli
  • Bunch of spring onions (plus extra for topping)
  • 1 1 Tbsp tomato purée
  • 200 200 ml coconut milk
  • 0.5 0.5 vegetable stock cube
  • 50 50 g desiccated coconut
  • 25 25 g cornflour
  • 75 75 ml oat milk
  • 200 200 g firm tofu
  • 2 2 pak choi
  • 200 200 g ramen noodles

Method

  1. Blend up the onion, ginger, garlic and scotch bonnet in a food processor to make a chunky paste.
  2. Finely chop the spring onions.
  3. Add a glug of oil into a pan and then fry off the onion mixture for 10 mins until fragrant and the onions are translucent.
  4. Add in the tomato purée and cook this out for 5 mins until the colour darkens.
  5. Crumble the stock cube into a jug and add in 800ml boiling water.
  6. Pour in the coconut milk and vegetable stock, bring this to a gentle simmer.
  7. Pour the desiccated coconut, cornflour and oat milk into three separate bowls. Season each bowl with a pinch of salt.
  8. Add a large glug of oil into a saucepan.
  9. Chop up the tofu into small pieces. Dredge each individual piece in the cornflour, then the oat milk, and then finally press it into the desiccated coconut.
  10. Fry the tofu until golden brown and crispy.
  11. Add the pak choi into the soup and cook for 2 mins.
  12. Cook the noodles in boiling water according to package instructions.
  13. Add the cooked noodles to a bowl then add in the soup. Top with pak choi, crispy tofu and finally the spring onions.
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