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Ingredients
Rice Noodles with Spinach and Tofu
- Ingredients
- 7 ozs Wide rice noodle
- 18 ozs Spinach
- salt
- 32 stalks cilantro
- 8 scallions
- 1 pc ginger (about 3 tsp)
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 chili pepper
- 14 ozs Smoked tofu
- 1 Tbsp Sesame seeds
- 2 Tbsps sesame oil
- 3 Tbsps soy sauce
Cook noodles according to package directions and drain.
Rinse spinach, blanch for 1 minute in boiling salted water. Drain, squeeze excess water and chop coarsely. Rinse cilantro, shake dry and chop leaves.
Rinse scallions and chop. Peel ginger and cut into small sticks. Peel garlic and chop finely. Rinse chile pepper, halve, remove seeds and ribs and chop finely. Cut tofu into slices.
Toast sesame seeds until golden brown in a frying pan.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and fry tofu until golden brown on each side, about 1 to 2 minutes over medium heat. Deglaze with 2 tablespoons soy sauce and set aside.
Heat the remaining oil in another pan and add chile pepper, garlic and ginger sauté briefly.
Add spinach, scallions, and noodles and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes. Season with remaining soy sauce and divide onto 4 plates. Then place the tofu slices and serve sprinkled with sesame seeds and coriander.
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 380 cal. | (18 %) | ||
| Protein | 16 g | (16 %) | ||
| Fat | 13 g | (11 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 48 g | (32 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 0 g | (0 %) | ||
| Roughage | 5.6 g | (19 %) |
Healthy, because
This recipe is dedicated to keeping you healthy. Tofu is high in protein and spinach is packed with iron!
Even smarter
Opinions differ on coriander: some love the herb, others hate it. If you don't like coriander, you can easily replace it with flat parsley.