I asked you in my stories how many of you know soy curls and almost 90% said they didn’t know what it was! So this dish was actually my first time trying soy curls as well and the verdict is 🙌🏼👍🏼!
They’re a good meat alternative, made only from whole soybeans and are 100% natural. Now I am not saying they are necessarily a health food but I think they can be a fun, high protein addition and a switch up from tofu (don’t worry tofu I still love you 😘 haha). Like in this simple take out style dish which is super easy to make and oh so tasty!
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Servings:
Ingredients
- 2 cups soy curls
- Warm water
- 1 bag frozen broccoli florets (or 1 head of broccoli)
- 1-2 spring onions
- 1 tbsp avocado oil optional
Sauce
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp corn starch 2 tbsp of water to dissolve
- 1/4 cup coconut aminos
- 1/4 cup sriracha sauce
- 2 tbsp coconut or brown sugar or maple syrup
- Splash rice vinegar see notes
- Brown rice or grain of choice, to serve with
Instructions
- Add soy curls to a bowl, cover with warm water and let them rehydrate for 10 minutes.
- Drain excess water.
- In a large skillet, heat up avocado oil and pan fry soy curls until lightly browned.
- If you don’t want to use oil make sure you have a good non stick skillet.
- Clean and cut spring onion and if necessary cut broccoli into florets.
- Add spring onion and broccoli to the pan, cover with a lid and sauté/steam for a few minutes until broccoli is tender but still firm and not overcooked. If you’re using fresh broccoli add a few tbsp of water here as it doesn’t release as much water as frozen broccoli does.
- In a small bowl, dissolve cornstarch with 2 tablespoon of water, then stir in 1 cup of water, coconut aminos, sriracha sauce, sugar or syrup and rice vinegar.
- Pour sauce over soy curls and broccoli mix and cook for about 1-2 minutes until sauce has thickened and everything is nicely glazed.
- Serve with rice and enjoy!
Notes
You can easily adjust the sauce to your preference.
Use less sriracha to make sauce less spicy, add an additional tablespoon of sweetener for a sweeter sauce and use soy sauce or tamari instead of coconut aminos.
Optional: Add some chickenless seasoning to the soy curl panfrying step.
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1 thought on “Saucy Soy Curls with Broccoli and Brown Rice”
This was really good. I used less spice and a little more Maple syrup after using coconut sugar. I followed the recipe but I felt the sauce didn’t thicken up as much as it should. Next time I’d use a little more corn starch or less water. Overall very tasty. I served with a brown rice Quinoa mix.