Vegan Fried Rice With Scrambled Tofu Recipe

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Try this amazing Vegan Fried Rice Recipe. It is fresh, easy to make, and so tasty. This recipe is light and you can make it more healthy and tasty by using scrambled tofu.

Ingredients

Rice

1½ cupsuncooked rice (you can use any type of rice)

Scrambled Tofu

½ blockextra firm tofu, pressed for at least 20 minutes
½ tspturmeric
½ tbspnutritional yeast
¼ tspsalt
¼ tsponion powder
¼ tspfreshly ground black pepper
½ tbspolive oil
1small garlic clove, minced

Vegetables

2 tspolive oil
1medium carrot, diced (very small!)
1 cupfrozen peas
Green onionsfor garnish (optional)

Sauce

2 tbsptamari(soya sauce)
¼ tspsalt
½ tspfreshly ground black pepper
¼ tspliquid smoke
1 tspsesame oil
1medium garlic clove, minced or grated
½ tsponion powder
1½ tbsprice wine vinegar
1 tbspbrown sugar
2 tspsriracha sauce (or to the heat of your liking!)

Directions

For Cooking the Rice

Step1Cook rice and keep it aside.

For the Scrambled Tofu

Step1Crumble the pressed tofu in a small bowl.
Step2Add turmeric, nutritional yeast, salt, onion powder, and pepper and mix it well and put it aside.
Step3Heat the oil in a medium pan over medium heat.
Step4Add the minced garlic and cook for a minute or so, or until the garlic has browned lightly.
Step5Add in the tofu mixture and cook for 5-7 minutes, stir often.
Step6Remove from pan and keep it aside.

For the Vegetables

Step1In the pan heat 2 tsp olive oil over medium heat, then add in the carrots and peas.
Step2Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the carrots can easily be pierced with a sharp knife and put it aside.

For the Sauce

Step1Whisk together all of the sauce ingredients and keep it aside.
Step2How to Proceed
Step3In a large pan or wok over medium heat, add sauce, then the rice, then the vegetables, then the scrambled tofu.
Step4Mix everything together very well, and cook for 5 minutes.
Step5Topped with chopped green onions, if desired.
Step6Serve it.