Baked Five Spice Tofu Kebabs with Ginger and Tahini Noodles
Nutrition per serving
Calories | 788 kcal |
Protein | 31.9 g |
Carbs | 120.4 g |
Fats | 22.1 g |
Saturated Fat | 3.7 g |
Monounsaturated Fat | 8.9 g |
Polyunsaturated Fat | 7.9 g |
Sugars | 26.7 g |
Fiber | 8.4 g |
Sodium | 1,070 mg |
Ingredients
Tofu, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate and magnesium chloride (nigari) | |
Red Onion | |
Green Bell Pepper (capsicum) | |
Button Mushrooms | |
Five Spice Powder | |
Ginger | |
Lime | |
Green Onions/Spring Onions or Scallions (including tops and bulb) | |
Red Chilli Pepper | |
Vinegar, Rice | |
Olive Oil | |
Soy Sauce (tamari) | |
Apricot and Ginger Chutney | |
Syrups, maple | |
Rice Noodles |
- Preheat the oven to 220 C (428 F)
- Soak the skewers in cold water to prevent them from burning
- Drain/chop the tofu into 2cm cubes
- Peel/chop the red onion into 2 pieces
- Remove the core/chop the pepper into 2cm pieces
- Chop the mushrooms in half
- Peel/chop the ginger
- Zest/juice a quarter of a lime
- Finely slice the spring onion
- Remove the seeds/finely dice the chili.
- To make the marinade, in a bowl, mix together, the Chinese 5 spice, chutney and half the soy sauce. Add the tofu, gently mix to coat and set aside for 5 minutes to marinade.
- Transfer the tofu to another bowl and add the onion, pepper and mushrooms to the marinade and mix to coat.
- Remove the skewers from the water, and start to thread, starting with the tofu, pepper, onion, then tofu, mushrooms, etc. Layer the skewers onto a baking tray and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes until cooked. Turn the skewers once halfway through cooking time.
- Meanwhile, to make the dressing for the noodles, in a bowl, whisk together, the ginger, lime juice, lime zest, spring onion, chili to your taste/heat with the remaining soy sauce, maple syrup, tahini, rice vinegar and a tsp of olive oil.
- Cook the noodles in a pot of lightly salted boiling water for 4 minutes, drain and add to the bowl with the dressing. Mix well to coat the noodles.
- Serve the noodles in a bowl with the skewers on top