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Spicy Sesame Zoodles With Crispy Tofu

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COOK TIME : 25 minutes

SERVINGS : 6 servings

Recipe credit - Pinch Of Yum - Lindsay
pinchofyum.com/sesame-zoodles#tasty-recipes-42056-jump-target

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE SAUCE :

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter

  • 1/3 cup sesame oil

  • 1/3 cup light low sodium soy sauce

  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar

  • 2 tablespoons chili paste (like sambal oelek)

  • 2 tablespoons sugar

  • 1 clove garlic, minced

  • 1 knob of fresh ginger, peeled and grated

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ZOODLES & TOFU :

  • 12 ounces extra firm tofu

  • 4–6 zucchini

  • sesame seeds and scallions for topping

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Chili Sesame Sauce: Shake all the sauce ingredients in a jar or toss them in the food processor and give them a whirl. If you’re going to have this cold, refrigerate your sauce for a while.

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2. Tofu: Press excess moisture out of the tofu. Cut into bite sized pieces. Heat a tiny bit of oil in a nonstick pan. Add the tofu and stir fry until golden brown. Add about 1/2 cup sauce and simmer until the sauce starts to evaporate / absorb into the tofu and becomes browned in the pan. Keep gently flipping and scraping browned bits off the bottom – after a while, you should end up with nicely golden brown tofu with some little yummy browned bits from the sauce.

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3. All Together: Spiralize your zucchini and toss with about 1/4 cup sauce per serving. Top with tofu, sesame seeds, and scallions. Serve immediately.

NOTES

You do not have to cook the zoodles. Its more like a salad, cold and creamy and crunchy. Whether or not you cook the zoodles, when the sauce hits those zoodles they’re going to get a little watery. I found that this was only a problem when I didn’t serve immediately, so to avoid excess moisture, serve it right after you toss it up!

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You may want to use more tofu depending on how many servings you are wanting to get out of this. I was fine with 12 ounces as 6 servings (just doing a small scoop of tofu on each pile of zoodles) but if you were super hungry you might want more.

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Storing this: I would store the sauce separate from the zoodles and tofu, and then toss it all together just before serving.

Calories Per Serving: 321    Total Fat 26.2g     Cholesterol 0mg     Sodium 713.9mg     Total Carbohydrate 11.9g     Dietary Fiber 2.1g     Sugars 7.7g     Protein 12.2g     Vitamin A 5.1µg. Vitamin C 5.6m     Potassium 246.9mg     Phosphorus 111.7mg

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