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Jerk tofu with rice and peas

By Maryanne Hall for Viva!’s Vegan Recipe Club (www.veganrecipeclub.org.uk)
Serves 4 | Prep 15 mins plus marinating | Cook 15 mins | Calories 732 (per serving)
FOR THE TOFU 2 tbsp vegetable oil FOR THE JERK MARINADE 7 Put the lid on the pan, bring to the
600g (3 cups) tofu 2-3 tbsp brown sugar 1 Blitz all the ingredients in a high boil and then simmer for 10 minutes.
(approximately, it doesn’t 2 tsp allspice powered blender or food processor 8 Add the kidney beans after the
matter if it’s a bit more until smooth. Don’t be tempted to 10 minutes and then simmer for
¼ tsp cinnamon (optional)
or less), sliced around add any water as the sauce needs to another 5 minutes with the lid off.
FOR THE RICE
5mm (¼in) thick, drained be thick. FOR FRYING THE TOFU
AND PEAS
and pressed (or pat with 2 Try the marinade and then add
kitchen roll or clean tea 300g (1½ cups) basmati rice more sugar, soy sauce or lime juice 9 While the rice is cooking, heat some
towel to remove water) 400g tin (1¾ cups) of if necessary, until you have got the oil in a large frying pan on medium
heat and then add the marinated
soy sauce (not needed coconut milk flavours balanced. tofu slices to the pan.
until the frying stage) 450ml (2 cups) cold water 3 Cover the sliced tofu in the 10 Drizzle over a little soy sauce and a
nutritional yeast (not ¼ tsp ground allspice marinade, making sure to cover both sprinkling of nutritional yeast.
needed until the sides, and rub it in.
2 sprigs of thyme 11 Fry on both sides until golden.
frying stage) 4 Leave in the fridge for a minimum of
1 tin of kidney beans, 12 Serve with the rice and peas, mango
FOR THE MARINADE an hour ideally.
drained and rinsed salsa, fresh thyme leaves and fried
2-3 garlic cloves, peeled FOR THE RICE AND PEAS plantain (fry slices of ripe plantain on
½ tsp salt
½ an onion, peeled and 5 Put the rice in a medium size either side in a little oil and salt).
a bunch of spring onions
roughly chopped saucepan, then rinse in cold water.
(scallions), ends removed
a thumbnail of and finely sliced 6 Add all of the ingredients to the pan

ginger, peeled apart from the kidney beans.
a bunch of spring onions
(scallions), ends removed
juice of 1 lime
32g 18.7g 0.98g 10.8g 25.9g
2 tbsp soy sauce Total fat Saturates Salt Sugar Protein

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