August 30, 2012

Sweet and Sour Tofu Recipe

 Serves 4

This is such a yummy dish and it is even BETTER the next day! Jerome absolutely loves it. It seriously feels like a healthier vegan version of a restaurant sweet and sour dish.  I have made it heaps of times now and will continue to do so because it never fails! This is definitely a dish that I make for non-vegans to show them how filling and delicious vegan food can be! Muahahaha. My mum who is also vegan, makes this dish frequently now too. I guarantee that you too, will make this a staple meal in your household ^-^


For the Sauce:
    1/2 cup tomato sauce (ketchup)
    4 teaspoons soy sauce
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    3 tablespoon sugar
    2 tablespoons vegan Worcestershire sauce*
    1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
    1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    1/2 cup veggie stock
 

For the Rest:
    2 cups rice
    350g extra firm tofu, diced in bite-sized pieces
    1/4 cup olive oil
    2 - 3 tablespoons minced fresh ginger
    1 clove minced fresh garlic
    1 small onion - diced
    1 red capsicum, chopped into bite-size pieces
    2 carrots thinly sliced
    2 cups snowpeas, chopped into bite-size pieces
    1 1/2 cups raw cashews
    Sesame seeds to garnish (optional)


  1. Boil water in a pot and cook rice according to packet instructions.
  2. Whisk all sauce ingredients and set aside.
  3. In a hot pan/wok, add oil, tofu, ginger, garlic and onion. Use tongs and flip and fry for a few minutes until all sides are golden brown.
  4. Once tofu is cooked, add capsicum and carrots. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes until capsicum softens. 
  5. Add snowpeas and sauce. Cook for another couple of minutes.
  6. Add cashews
  7. Serve immediately over the rice
  8. Sprinkle with sesame seeds (Looks so delicious and cute)
Adapted from Spark Recipes (Not a vegan version)
*I bought vegan Worcestershire sauce from the health food shop ^^


33 comments :

  1. This looks delicious! I'm saving the recipe, thanks!

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  2. Made this tonight ... yum!!! Thanks so much this will definitely be on the fav recipe list :)

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  3. This looks sublime, a really lovely dinner. Glad it works as leftovers the next day too!

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    1. Hello! Thanks for your comment and kind words. I know! I love dishes that you can eat the next day and take to work :)

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  4. A delightful dinner: I love every flavour in here beautifully combined! :) Yummm!

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    1. Hi Sophie! I am glad that you enjoyed it. I love every flavour too! :)

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  5. Hi Madison! This looks great! I love sweet and sour chicken, and I imagine this is similar, just vegan. :-)

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    1. Hi Lauren! This is really similar but more delicious I believe hehehe :) thanks for your comment

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  6. Hi!
    This recipe looks sooooo delicious!
    I'm even making it tonight.
    Hopefully my tofu-hater-husband will love it! :P

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    1. Hello! I hope you and your husband love it as much as I do. I am sure you will :) thanks for your comment.

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  7. Just finished eating this for dinner - superb! So tasty and nourishing. Can recommend brown rice too.

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  8. HI love your blog - it is god sent.
    I'm a vegetarian living on my own for the first time and new to extensive cooking. Your blog gives me a lot of wondeful ideas - excited to try this recipe. Keep up the good work. xx

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    1. Hi Shivani! Oh thank you so much for the kind words. I hope you love all of our recipes.

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  9. I Made this Sweet and Sour Tofu & packed it for office. You know what they said at my office "Damn, Can Vegan be this tasteful!" They cant stop just tasting a spoon and had mouthful of this. Exceptional :D

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    1. Oh that is amazing! Don't you love responses like that?? Your comment really made my morning :)

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    2. Yay! I'm loving the part of these comments. I'm mostly happy that Veganism is getting amazing reception. One of my colleague has been trending himself to be a vegan sooner or later :D Keep bulking those recipes, we are enjoying these recipes. Thank you so much!

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    3. I am so happy that veganism is becoming popular too! I definitely will keep putting recipes up for you and everyone else :) We have an eBook coming out soon too!

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  10. You're absolutely right, this recipe is super addicting. I've made it several times now, and I'm often running across the street to the grocery store to pick up some tofu for when I start craving this dish. Thanks for the post!

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    1. Hello! Oh I know... it is so so so delicious. I am actually making it tonight. You definitely crave this :)

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  11. I just made the sauce. I planned to serve it with tofu and peppers later but I'm not sure it will make it to the table. It's not sitting well on my taste buds. I've made quite a few sweet and sour sauces over the years. I chose this one because I thought the worcestershire sauce might give it a 'smoky' kind of appeal. It made it taste odd in my opinion. The large quantity of worcestershire sauce and absence of vinegar makes this more more like BBQ sauce than sweet and sour. It's probably my fault because I used regular worcestershire sauce. (I have no idea what vegan worcestershire sauce tastes like.) But, I like your site and am jazzed to try one of your recipes. I look forward to trying others. Thanks for sharing this recipe. :)

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    1. Hello Mary and Kev,
      I am sorry that you didn't enjoy this recipe as I always have such great feedback about it but it was really good to get another opinion in it! Thanks for taking the time to write us a comment :) I hope you enjoy our other recipes!

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    2. Thanks so much. My better half was napping when I made the sauce and wrote my feedback. He woke up, tried the sauce and said, "this is great!". Shows what I know lol. I added a pinch of sugar and a teaspoon of rice vinegar. I must admit that it tasted really good in the final dish. I judged the sauce too quickly sorry! We aren't vegetarians but we eat a primarily meatless diet. I'm happy to have found your blog and will make good use of it!

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    3. Oh that is such a relief. I am glad that you liked it in the end!! That is great that you are eating a primarily meatless diet. I hope that Veggieful is of great use to you :)

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    4. Madison, perhaps it's worth noting in the recipe that 'tomato sauce' in Australia is equivalent to ketchup in the United States. I have a suspicion that Mary and Kevin may have used American 'tomato sauce' (what we'd call passata or tomato puree), which would explain why the addition of sugar and vinegar improved the taste (as there's sugar and vinegar in our tomato sauce). How confusing! :-)

      I can't wait to try this recipe!

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    5. Oh of course! Thanks for telling me :)

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  12. I made this tonight and it was awesome! My boyfriend and I thought it was the most tasty thing ever and we are definitely going to make it more often. He has all of the leftovers to work. I was a bit jealous as I was hoping that I could have eaten it today but thats ok. Thanks for providing us with another amazing tofu recipe. It tasted so beautiful and I agree with above in saying that it is really an addictive dish. I am trying your pesto linguine next! Thanks so much again - 10/10

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    1. Hello Emily! Thanks so much for your feedback. I am glad that you enjoyed it... it is definitely one of my most favourite dishes. You should come back to the forum soon!!

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    2. Tried it today and my gosh it tasted amazing. My girlfriend is a vegetarian we usually make something like General Tso's Tofu, but this was as good, if not better.

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    3. Hi Chris!! That is great... I am so happy that you enjoyed it. Thanks for telling me... I love to hear that our recipes are being enjoyed :)

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