TOFU MEE GORENG NOODLES
TOFU MEE GORENG NOODLES
TOFU MEE GORENG NOODLES

Ingredients
  • 2 pak choi
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 4 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 140g/5oz extra firm tofu
  • drained well
  • ½ onion
  • cut into thin wedges
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • thinly sliced
  • 100g/3½oz Tenderstem broccoli
  • stems sliced and heads halved if large
  • or ordinary broccoli cut into small florets
  • 1 red pepper
  • seeds removed
  • thinly sliced
  • 1 carrot
  • peeled and thinly sliced on the diagonal
  • 300g/9oz ready-cooked vegan noodles
  • such as no-egg medium noodles or rice noodles
  • 3 tbsp ketjap manis (thick soy sauce)
  • ½–1 tsp chilli paste or sauce
  • depending on taste
  • 25g/1oz roasted cashew nuts
  • roughly chopped
Directions
  • Trim the pak choi and cut into roughly 3cm/1¼ in slices. Separate the white part from the leaves and set aside. Sprinkle the cornflour over a large plate. Cut the tofu into 8–10 thin slices. Dust the tofu lightly on both sides with the cornflour.
  • Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the tofu for 1–1½ minutes on each side
  • or until crisp and lightly browned
  • turning carefully. Transfer to a plate lined with kitchen paper.
  • Add the onion to the pan and cook over a medium-high heat for 6–8 minutes
  • or until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for a few seconds more. Lift out of the pan with a slotted spoon or spatula and drain on kitchen paper.
  • Add the broccoli
  • red pepper
  • carrot and white part of the pak choi to the frying pan and stir-fry for 5 minutes. Add the noodles and green part of the pak choi and cook for 2 minutes more
  • or until the noodles are hot and the leaves have wilted.
  • Stir the ketjap manis and half a teaspoon of chilli paste into the pan
  • add the tofu
  • onion and garlic and cook for 1–2 minutes more
  • stirring and tossing all the ingredients until hot. Add extra chilli to taste
  • scatter with the cashew nuts and serve.