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Crispy Tofu With Pak Choi & Peanut Sauce

To whip up this Vietnamese-inspired dish, you'll serve up crispy tofu cubes on a bed of wholewheat noodles. To really wake up your taste buds, top with punchy peanut and lime pak choi before serving.

30 mins
461kcal
Vietnamese
Crispy Tofu With Pak Choi & Peanut Sauce
4.0

Ingredients for 2 people

Cooking for 3? 1 and a half for each ingredient Cooking for 4? Double each ingredient

Ground cumin (1tbsp)
Ground cumin (1tbsp)
Spring onion
Spring onion
Soy sauce (30ml)
Soy sauce (30ml)
Wholewheat noodle nest
Wholewheat noodle nest
Cornflour (1tbsp)
Cornflour (1tbsp)
Fresh root ginger (15g)
Fresh root ginger (15g)
Plain tofu (280g)
Plain tofu (280g)
Coriander (5g)
Coriander (5g)
Red chilli
Red chilli
Lime
Lime
Pak choi (200g)
Pak choi (200g)
Smooth peanut butter (26g)
Smooth peanut butter (26g)

You'll also need

Salt, Sugar, Vegetable oil, Water (or dietary alternatives)

Cooking instructions

Instructions for 2 [for 3] [for 4] portion recipe.

1.

Drain your tofu and pat it dry with kitchen paper

Cut the tofu into bite-sized cubes

Combine your ground cumin and cornflour in a bowl, add a small pinch of salt and give everything a good mix

Add the tofu cubes to the bowl and mix until everything is evenly coated

Step 1
2.

Wash your pak choi, then pat it dry with kitchen paper

Cut the base off the pak choi and discard, then slice the rest finely

Peel (scrape the skin off with a teaspoon) and grate your ginger

Step 2
3.

Boil a kettle

Heat a large, wide-based pan (preferably non-stick) with a generous drizzle of vegetable oil

Once hot, add the coated tofu cubes and cook for 6-8 min, turning occasionally until crisp

Once the tofu is crisp, transfer it to kitchen paper and set aside (save the pan!) – this is your crispy tofu

Step 3
4.

Meanwhile, add your wholewheat noodles to a pot and cover them with boiled water until fully submerged

Bring to the boil over a high heat and cook for 5 min until tender, then drain and return them to the pot until serving

Step 4
5.

Return the reserved pan to a medium heat with a drizzle of vegetable oil

Once hot, add the grated ginger and sliced pak choi and cook for 3-4 min or until the pak choi starts to soften

Step 5
6.

Add your peanut butter, soy sauce, 1 tsp [1 1/2 tsp] [2 tsp] sugar, the juice of half your lime[s] and 100ml [125ml] [150ml] water to the pak choi and give everything a good mix up

Season with a pinch of salt

Cook for a further 1 min, or until the liquid is well mixed and starts to thicken slightly – this is your pak choi & peanut sauce

Step 6
7.

Meanwhile, chop your coriander finely, including the stalks

Trim, then slice your spring onion[s] finely

Slice your red chilli[es] in half lengthways, deseed (scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon) and chop finely

Chop the remaining lime into 1 wedge per person

Step 7
8.

Serve the crispy tofu and pak choi & peanut sauce over the wholewheat noodles

Top with the chopped coriandersliced spring onion and chopped chilli (can't handle the heat? Go easy!)

Garnish with a lime wedge

Enjoy!

Nutritional information

Nutritional information only applies to ingredients supplied by Gousto.

per serving
461kcal
Energy
19.6g
Fat
33.9g
Carbohydrate
8.5g
Fibre
35.2g
Protein
3g
Salt

The cooking process and additional ingredients added at home (listed under “You'll also need”) will affect total values.

Allergens

Allergens highlighted by (egg, gluten, peanut, soya).

In addition to the recipe specific allergen information provided, due to production and packing methods Gousto boxes may also contain low levels of the following allergens: Cereals containing gluten; Crustaceans; Eggs; Fish; Peanuts; Soya; Milk; Nuts: almonds, hazelnuts, walnuts, cashews, pecan nuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts, macadamia nuts; Celery; Sesame; Sulphur dioxide and Sulphites; Lupin; Molluscs; Mustard.

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