Mango Ginger Tofu
Submitted by Isa
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| prep time: 1 hour | cooking time: 35 minutes | makes 4 - 6 servings |
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| You can prepare this in several ways, it is fabulous as a grilling marinade. Here I give you conventional oven instructions. It's tropical, warm, a little spicy and a little sweet. The marinade will fill your kitchen with the most amazing scent while the tofu is cooking. This amount will feed 4 to 6 if accompanied by some jasmine rice. |
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Equipment:
2 9x13 baking pans or 1 huge baking pan
a blender
medium sauce pot with a cover that fits
Ingredients
For the marinade:
3 cloves garlic
1 jalepeno, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup fresh ginger, roughly chopped
2 teaspoons peanut oil or veg oil
2 large mangos, roughly chopped (note: you will need one more mango when cooking the tofu, see below)
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 cup white cooking wine (or vegetable broth)
fresh black pepper to taste
dash of salt
1/4 teaspoon allspice
2 tablespoon rice vinegar (use apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar if you dont have rice)
juice of two limes
1 cup orange juice
Ingredients for the tofu
2 blocks tofu extra firm tofu, drained and pressed
1 mango, sliced in long thin slices
1 red pepper, seeded and cut in long thin slices
Directions
Make the marinade
In a medium sauce pan, heat the oil, add garlic, ginger and jalepeno, saute on medium heat 7 minutes, being careful not to burn the garlic. Add 2 chopped mangos and saute 5 minutes
Add pure maple syrup and wine, cover and simmer 35 minutes; Uncover and simmer 5 more minutes.
Add orange juice, vinegar, lime, black pepper, allspice and salt; Add mixture to blender, puree until smooth.
Prepare the tofu
Cut tofu blocks into 8 slabs each. Place tofu in marinade in a sealable plastic bag or tupperware. Marinate in the fridge for an hour and up to overnight.
Preheat oven to 375
Reserve about half of the marinate. Lay marinated tofu in a single layer in baking pan. Cook for 20 minutes. Flip tofu over and add more marinade. Dredge peppers and sliced mangos in marinade and add them to pan. Cook another 15 minutes.
Heat up remaining marinade in a sauce pan and put in a bowl on the table (or floor, where ever you're eating) so guests (or room mates, or who ever is eating) can pour it over the tofu. Serve over jasmine rice, with a steamed vegetable, such as aspararus or broccoli. |
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Reviews (add your own)
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| Lisa wrote on Saturday May 01st, 2004 09:57 AM |
 four soybeans |
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This is one of the better dishes I have EVER eaten. Definitely can be used as a fancy type dish for serving to (and impressing!) guests. I mean really, FANTASTIC! |
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| Erin wrote on Monday June 28th, 2004 08:30 PM |
four soybeans |
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This was the first tofu dish I ever cooked, and it was quite a success. This is a great combination of flavors that I never would have thought to mix. |
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| Danielle wrote on Tuesday January 04th, 2005 04:08 PM |
 three and a half soybeans |
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Delish. I served this to my family for a fancy New Year's dish, and everyone loved it. They were asking for seconds on the sauce because it was SO yummy. I served it with jasmine rice and sauteed broccoli, just as Isa suggested, and it was really a good combination. All the flavors worked well together, though I prefer my entrees a bit more salty than sweet. |
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| ingrid wrote on Tuesday January 04th, 2005 05:48 PM |
four soybeans |
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my sister made this dish and had the kitchen smelling sooo good! even my grandfather was asking for seconds (of tofu!!!). the marinade is so delicious that i would even use it alone for a sauce to pour over rice or the likes. this dish is a must taste for all* |
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| Heather K from Pa wrote on Monday February 14th, 2005 08:17 PM |
four soybeans |
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This was amazing! This is the first tofu dish I've ever made. Most people in my family have really really bad luck with tofu. This worked out really well for me! |
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| Sarah wrote on Wednesday December 07th, 2005 05:11 PM |
four soybeans |
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This recipe was exellent! I made it for my boyfriend two weeks ago for his birthday and we both loved it (and I'm not vegan). We even had it cold the next day and it was still incredible. I highly recommend it!! |
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| jessica~ wrote on Sunday September 24th, 2006 06:12 PM |
four soybeans |
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This recipe is so delicious! I didn't have jalapenos so I subsituted it with cayanne pepper. Also added a few shakes of ground cloves for some extra spice and served it with brown rice...
Such a great recipe! |
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| maryn wrote on Wednesday October 04th, 2006 06:44 PM |
three and a half soybeans |
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This was really Yummy The Marinade part espesialy. It works really well with other spices as well, like curry. Mmmm... Next time I make it though I'll cut the tofu into smaller, bite sized pieces, I've never really liked it's texture. |
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| Anne wrote on Thursday January 04th, 2007 11:18 PM |
 half a soybean |
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I was disappointed with this recipe. The orange juice overpowered the other flavors. I was expecting a sweet dish, but couldn't really taste anything but citrus in the final product. |
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| Jackie wrote on Sunday January 14th, 2007 05:39 AM |
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Fabulous :)
Will pop it on my blog (The Vegan Diet) with a linkback to you. |
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