Udon bowl with peanut tempeh

Total: 50 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegan, lactose-free

This udon bowl brings together crunchy textures and Asian-inspired comfort food. The highlight of the dish is the tempeh in a crispy cornflake coating, baked until golden brown. The creamy peanut sauce provides a delightful balance of sweetness, spiciness and nuttiness, perfectly complementing the soft udon noodles.

Recipe by:
Lara - Vanillacrunnch

Ingredients

for 4 portions

Tempeh
2 tbsp peanut cream
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
200 g tempeh, in stems
30 g cornflakes, crumbled
Sauce
4 tbsp peanut cream
1 ½ dl coconut milk
limes, the whole juice
6 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp toasted sesame oil
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tsp ginger powder
1 tsp garlic powder
Noodles
2 tbsp coconut oil
200 g parsnips, cut into sticks approx. 5 mm wide
100 g mushrooms, in slices
100 g frozen edamame beans, slightly defrosted
450 g precooked Udon noodles

How it's done

Tempeh

Place the peanut butter, soya sauce and sesame oil in a bowl, mix well. Coat the tempeh first in the peanut mixture then in the cornflakes, pressing firmly on the crumb coating, and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

To bake

Approx. 20 mins. in an oven preheated to 180 °C (convection).

Sauce

Place the peanut cream in a measuring cup along with all the other ingredients up to and including the garlic powder, puree.

Noodles

Heat the oil in a wide non-stick frying pan. Fry the parsnips, mushrooms and edamame for approx. 5 mins. Add the sauce and noodles, mix, bring to the boil. Turn down the heat, reduce for approx. 2 mins. Remove the tempeh from the oven, serve with the noodles.

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