Baked Chili Garlic Tofu, Carrot, Chard and Noodle Bowls. Easy Weeknight Meal. Add some toasted cashews and other veggies of choice. Gluten-free Nut-free Vegan Recipe.
Continuing with fantastic bowl meals in January, here is another simple one. The marinade is the star of the dish. It is garlicky, spicy and great to bake tofu with. Cook some noodles and blanch some greens with the noodles. Marinate the tofu and carrots, then bake. Use the same marinade as a dressing for the bowl. Add other roasted veggies of choice. Add some fresh basil, mint or cilantro and sprouts to finish.
Easy, Spicy, Garlicky, Delicious!
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Baked Chili Garlic Tofu, Carrot, Chard and Noodle Bowls
Ingredients
- 12 to 14 oz tofu pressed for 15 minutes, sliced into an inch and half length slices.
Marinade and Dressing:
- 1/4 cup (58 ml) soy sauce , use tamari for gluten-free
- 1 to 2 tbsp sriracha or other asian chile-garlic sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) salt
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) miso
Bowl:
- 1 cup (128 g) or more veggies such as sliced carrots or broccolini
- 8 oz vermicelli or maifun ricce noodles (I use brown rice or white rice maifun)
- a couple of leaves of chard, hard stems removed and chopped
Instructions
- Press the tofu for 10-15 minutes to remove excess moisture.
- Combine the marinade ingredients in a large bowl. Slice the tofu and marinate for 10 minutes.
- Line a sheet with parchment. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (205 deg C). Fish out the tofu slices and place on the parchment lined sheet. Slice veggies like carrots, beet, broccolini and place on the sheet. Drizzle some of the marinade on the veggies.
- Bake for 18 to 20 mins. or until the tofu is crisp and veggies roasted.
- Meanwhile, cook the vermicelli noodles according to instruction on the package (Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add the noodles and cook for 3 to 5 minutes depending on the noodles). Add chopped greens to the pot as well to blanch.
- Plate the cooked noodles, blanched greens in a bowl. Top with tofu and veggies. drizzle remaining marinade and serve. Garnish with cilantro or mint. Add some sprouts or roasted nuts for variation.
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Notes
Nutrition
Susan
Recipe is delicious and will make often. For my taste, I will bake the veggies for a shorter time, although they were very delicious but cooked down a little too much for me. And will make double the sauce. Taking all my willpower to stop eating.
Vegan Richa Support
Haha love to hear it, Susan!
Kim
I used Bragg liquid amino’s because I was out of soy sauce and bok choy 🥬.
Vegan Richa Support
Always a great sub!
Anne
Made this tonight and really enjoyed it. Left out the miso as I didn’t have it. Roasted carrots, brussel sprouts and radishes for the veggies. Will definitely make again. Thank you for a tasty recipe.
Vegan Richa Support
so glad that you loved it.
Rosemary
I have made this recipe twice and love it. I leave out the oil, and it is still delicious without that added fat.
Marie
Everything is so delicious,but i noticed most asian inspired marinades have way to much sodium. (43%)
HOW CAN THESE SAUCES BRING SODIUM WAY DOWN? SUBS?
Richa
It’s soy sauce. Sodium in 1 tbsp soy sauce is 800 mg . Use low sodium soy sauce or a mix of soy sauce and coconut aminos
Dawn
Hi Marie,
I’m watching my sodium intake and my taste buds have adjusted (woot woot!). I used lower sodium tamari and only used half of the amount the recipe called for and subbed the rest of the amount with water. I also added more vinegar than the recipe calls for because I really like vinegar, plus it offsets the reduced sodium. It was good but still a bit too salty for my taste even with the dilution.
Richa
Hmm the chili sauces also have enough sodium, so maybe reduce that as well and add more cayenne or paprika
Jessica
Made a version of this tonight…absolutely delicious. Used different noodles and veggies, which worked fine. My only complaint is the serving size…this serves 2 better than it serves 4. Or maybe we are just really big eaters?😂
Georgette Lang
We love this recipe and will be a regular in our house now!
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that makes me smile
Laurie
I made this dish last night and I have the leftovers in my lunchbox at work today. The sauce is amazing! I didn’t have chard so I used kale (not the best substitute) and I added green onions and roasted peanuts. I also used brown rice instead of noodles. Next time I will use the chard and noodles and maybe add some roasted brussels sprouts. Richa your recipes are my favorite! Keep them coming please!
Vegan Richa Support
This sounds delish! I’m so glad you enjoyed this! Thank you for your kind review!
Amanda
I tell all my friends that you never ever let me down when it comes to having exactly the recipe I need, and this one is no exception! Do you have a Patreon? I would be an honored top-tier member!
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oh wow – thank you so much!! so kind. I don’t currently have Patreon but my Cookbooks and other cool items can be found on my ‘Shop’ tab.
Debbie
It’s yummy! I marinated the tofu for a couple of days just because I didn’t get a chance to cook it sooner. It’s really flavorful. Also, I doubled the sauce so I can drizzle it on the noodle. I’ll make this again. Thank you for the recipe.
Jen
Can I sub the oil for anything? Add more of something else?
Richa
omit it and add more of the other sauces
Yelena Chernyavskaya
Made it last night. Delicious!
Richa
thanks!
MareePSasja
I take my own lunch to work every day – always some kind of spectacular salad. I’m going to try cooking the tofu and carrots, storing them in the fridge and then adding them to my salad. Have you tried this before?
Maneesha
Hi Richa! I made this last night and made it as a vegetable bowl and skipped the vermicelli. Delicious!! Absolutely fantastic recipe, Richa! Thank you for your creative and nutritious recipes! I am totally in awe of your cooking ingenuity!
Richa
Awesome! Thank you for the the wonderful note! ❤️❤️ so glad it turned out great!!
valerie sobus
I made this last night but sadly the tofu was super soggy (it had been pressed dry for half an hour. i also tried turning up the oven temp. and baking for longer) :(. also there was hardly any remaining marinade afterwards for the noodles and it was all very dry. it did look very pretty though .
Richa
Hmm, I am not sure. Did you fish the tofu out of the marinade and then bake? or maybe it was a different kind of tofu?
Mamatha
This was delicious! Loved the marinade/sauce!
SUE
This was a huge hit in my house last night. Love the marinade and veggies!! Thanks Richa.
Richa
Awesome!!
Amanda
Yummy! I made it and loved it. I was wondering if you or anyone else had any ideas for additional veg to bake? Thanks for all your fantastic recipes.
Richa
Cauliflower, broccolini, asparagus
PamelaB
Any of the bell peppers, green beans, Brussels sprouts, celery, green onions…
Maybe cabbage…?…
Wouldn’t go for tomatoes or beets.
🙂
Rachel
This was delicious! I made it tonight with kale and rice instead of noodles. My kids and husband liked it, too – definitely a keeper. I think I will double the sauce next time because it was so good we had to make more…
Richa
Awesome!
Diana / by Dreams Factory
Can’t wait to try this, it sounds amazing!
Thank you for the endless inspiration, Richa! You rock! ♥
Richa
❤❤❤
Elisa
Hi Richa! Am I able to replace rice vinegar with regular white vinegar? Thank you!
Richa
yes
Simply So Healthy
WOW!! This is the first word that came to my mouth after seeing this delicious recipe!! I also share my recipes on my blog and I find this really unique!!
Cookbook
The photos for this recipe are fantastic! Plus – any post that uses the word ” garlicky” is a winner in our book.