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Healthy Sweet & Sour Stir Fry


Chinese take away food can always be loaded with msg and isn’t all that good for you. We thought we’d share this amazing sweet and sour sauce recipe with you. It’s so delicious and extra satisfying knowing you can make it yourself and you can control what’s going into your body.

Takes

Serves 4

Ingredients
 

For the Sweet & Sour Sauce:

  • 2 cloves garlic
  • Thumb-sized piece of ginger
  • 3 tbsp white rice wine vinegar
  • 100 ml agave syrup
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 2 tbsp arrowroot
  • 100 ml boiling water
  • 2 tbsp tamari

For the Stir Fry:

  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 400 g tofu
  • ½ bunch of scallions (spring onions)
  • ½ head of pak choi
  • 1 red pepper
  • 1 yellow pepper
  • 1 carrot
  • 2 tbsp tamari
  • 100 g green beans (a handful)
  • Sesame seeds for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Prepare the Sweet & Sour Sauce:
    Add the garlic, ginger, rice wine vinegar, agave syrup, and tomato purée to a blender.
    In a small bowl, mix the arrowroot with the boiling water and let it sit for about 30 seconds until it thickens.
    Add the thickened arrowroot mixture and the tamari to the blender and blend until smooth. Set aside.
  • Stir Fry:
    Thinly slice the scallions, peppers, carrots, and pak choi. Chop the tofu into bite-sized cubes and cut the green beans into thirds.
    Heat a frying pan on high heat, add 2 tbsp of oil, and reduce the heat to medium. Add the tofu and cook until it starts to brown. Add 2 tbsp tamari, stirring to coat the tofu well. Remove the tofu from the pan and set aside.
    In the same hot pan, add 1 tbsp of oil and the chopped vegetables. Stir fry for 3-5 minutes until the vegetables are slightly softened.
    Pour the sweet and sour sauce into the pan and cook for an additional minute. Add the tofu back into the pan and cook for another minute until everything is well coated and heated through.
  • Serve:
    Serve with a sprinkle of sesame seeds over rice or noodles, whichever you prefer.

Notes

Beat the Bloat:

Replace the garlic with chives or the green part of a leek, and use the green parts of the scallions in the stir fry to reduce bloating.

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