Vietnamese-inspired · Dinner

Vietnamese-style caramel tofu

Name: Vietnamese-style caramel tofu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese-inspired
Ingredients: 2 packages (14 ounces each) extra-firm tofu, pressed and cubed; 1 1/2 cups brown rice; 10 ounces green beans, cut into 2-inch pieces; 1 red bell pepper, sliced; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves; 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus black pepper

Vietnamese-style caramel tofu brings together sticky tofu, green beans, peppers, brown rice, and fresh herbs in a colorful, weeknight-ready dinner.

About 35 minTotal

About 35 minActive

$Cost

EasyDifficulty

Makes 4 servings

Equipment

Large skillet

Ingredients

1× recipe · Makes 4 servings

2 packages (14 ounces each) extra-firm tofu, pressed and cubed
1 1/2 cups brown rice
10 ounces green beans, cut into 2-inch pieces
1 red bell pepper, sliced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided, plus black pepper

Instructions

Cook 1 1/2 cups brown rice according to package directions. Keep warm, fluffing or separating it before serving. Combine 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce, 1 tablespoon lime juice into a smooth sauce.
Pat 2 packages (14 ounces each) extra-firm tofu, pressed and cubed thoroughly dry, then season with half of 1 teaspoon kosher salt and black pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Cook the main ingredient until it is crisp and browned on at least two sides; transfer to a plate.
Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and 10 ounces green beans, cut into 2-inch pieces and 1 red bell pepper, sliced. Cook until crisp-tender, 4 to 6 minutes. Return the main ingredient, add the sauce, and simmer 1 to 2 minutes until glossy.
Season with the remaining salt and pepper. Divide the prepared base among four plates, add Vietnamese-style caramel tofu. Finish with 1/2 cup fresh cilantro leaves.

Kwilt Kitchen, United StatesContemporary North American meal-kit cooking with Vietnamese-inspired flavor cues

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About this recipe

Vietnamese-style caramel tofu is an original Kwilt Kitchen weeknight composition, not a reproduction of a meal-kit provider recipe or a claim of traditional authenticity. It uses Vietnamese-inspired flavor cues inside a practical main, vegetable, base, sauce, and finish structure.

Green Chef's menu categories and Blue Apron's public cookbook document the broad contemporary meal-kit pattern behind the user's request. This recipe applies that pattern through Kwilt-authored ingredients and method: Build an original Vietnamese-inspired weeknight composition around the meal-kit virtues the user requested—clear choices, colorful produce, a distinctive sauce, and a 35-to-40-minute path—without reproducing Green Chef or Blue Apron recipe text.

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