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.

