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🍽️ Crispy Tofu with Sweet and Sour Sauce and Quinoa

572 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• Quinoa 300 g
• Salt pinch
• Water 900 ml
• Tofu, plain 400 g
• Olive oil 1 tbsp
• Oil 2 tbsp
• Onions, yellow 1 pc
• Garlic cloves 1 pc
• Soy sauce 50 ml
• Honey 2 tbsp
• Sriracha sauce 2 tbsp
• Vinegar 1 tbsp
• Ginger, fresh 20 g
• Spring onions 1 pc
• Pepper, black ground pinch

Instructions

1. 1. Rinse the quinoa thoroughly in a sieve with lukewarm water.
2. 2. Bring 900 milliliters of salted water to a boil in a pot.
3. 3. Add the quinoa to the boiling water.
4. 4. Cook the quinoa over low heat with the lid on for about 12 minutes.
5. 5. Remove the pot from the heat and let the quinoa swell for another 5 minutes.
6. 6. Stir some olive oil into the finished quinoa.
7. 7. Halve the onions, peel them, and dice them finely.
8. 8. Peel the garlic and cut it into small cubes as well.
9. 9. Wash the spring onions, cut off the ends, and slice them into thin rings.
10. 10. Pat the tofu dry and cut it into four slices.
11. 11. Season the tofu slices with salt.
12. 12. Heat oil in a frying pan on the highest setting.
13. 13. Fry the tofu in the pan until crispy.
14. 14. Fry the diced onions in a separate pan.
15. 15. Add the garlic to the onions and fry it together for about 1 minute.
16. 16. Stir soy sauce, honey, Sriracha, 100 milliliters of water, vinegar, ginger, salt, and pepper into the pan.
17. 17. Let the sweet and sour sauce reduce until it has a thick consistency.
18. 18. Portion the quinoa onto plates.
19. 19. Place the crispy tofu on top of the quinoa.
20. 20. Pour the sweet and sour sauce over the tofu.
21. 21. Sprinkle the dish with the sliced spring onions.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 572
• Protein: 25 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 65 g