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    Home » Vegan Main Dishes » Sweet-and-Sour Stir-Fried Vegetables with Seitan or Tempeh

    Sweet-and-Sour Stir-Fried Vegetables with Seitan or Tempeh

    Published: Aug 11, 2014 · Updated: Apr 7, 2021 by Nicole @ VegKitchen · This post may contain affiliate links.

    This sweet-and-sour stir-fry, featuring high-protein seitan or tempeh along with colorful vegetables and pineapple, has several steps but can be made easily and at a leisurely pace. Best of all, it results in a delicious and nourishing meal. This is especially good served over bean-thread noodles or Asian brown rice vermicelli, but soba or udon work well, too. Long-grain brown rice and brown basmati rice are good choices as well. Recipe from Plant Power: Transform Your Kitchen, Plate, and Life with More Than 150 Fresh and Flavorful Vegan Recipes by Nava Atlas. ©2014, published by HarperOne, reprinted by permission. Photos by Hannah Kaminsky.  

    Serves: 4 to 6

    Sauce:

    • ½ cup fruit juice (pineapple juice works best — use reserved juice from canned
      pineapple if using; mango juice or nectar is good, too)
    • 2 ½ tablespoons arrowroot or cornstarch
    • ½ cup vegetable broth or water
    • ¼ cup rice vinegar
    • 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium natural soy sauce or tamari, or to taste
    • 2 tablespoons agave nectar
    • 1 to 2 teaspoons grated fresh or jarred ginger
      -
    • 1 tablespoon safflower or other high-heat oil, or ¼ cup vegetable broth or water
    • 1 pound seitan, cut into bite-size chunks, or one 8-ounce package tempeh, diced
    • 1 medium onion, quartered and thinly sliced
    • 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
    • 2 large broccoli crowns, cut into bite-size pieces
    • 2 medium red bell peppers, cut into 1-inch pieces
    • 1 medium zucchini or yellow squash, halved lengthwise and cut into ½-inch chunks
    • 2 medium ripe fresh tomatoes, diced
    • 2 cups fresh pineapple chunks (about ¾ inch thick) or one 20-ounce can unsweetened pineapple chunks in juice, drained and liquid reserved
    • Hot cooked rice, quinoa, or noodles

    Heat half the oil, broth, or water in a stir-fry pan or wok. Add the seitan or tempeh and stir-fry over medium-high heat until lightly browned, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a plate and set aside.

    Heat the remaining oil, broth, or water in the pan. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until golden. Turn up the heat; add the garlic, broccoli, and bell peppers and stir-fry for 5 minutes.

    Stir in the zucchini and stir-fry just until everything is tender-crisp, about 2 minutes longer, then stir in the tomatoes and pineapple chunks.

    Stir in the sauce and cook until it thickens. Taste and adjust the sweet-sour balance with more agave and/or vinegar (as called for in the sauce recipe) to your liking.

    Serve at once over hot cooked grains or noodles. Pass around any of the optional items for topping individual portions.

    Note: Why a pound of seitan but just 8 ounces of tempeh? Seitan is more moist and less dense; a pound of tempeh would be quite intense in this dish. But if you’re a big fan of tempeh and want a higher-protein dish, go for it—use two 8-ounce packages.

    Nutrition information:
    Per serving with seitan: ICalories: 264; Total fat: 7g; Protein: 22g; Carbohydrates: 32g; Fiber: 4g; Sodium: 516mg

    Per serving with tempeh: Calories: 237; Total fat: 9g; Protein: 10g; Carbohydrates: 34g; Fiber: 6g; Sodium: 237mg

    Sweet and sour stir-fried vegetables with tempeh and pineapple

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    1. dassie fleming says

      December 08, 2014 at 10:58 pm

      I need help my diet was changes by the Doc to a vegan for health reason how do I cook veggies for 1 person and to be taste full please I need help

    2. sue says

      February 28, 2017 at 11:41 am

      Made with seitan and my family loved it! Thanks for another great recipe!!

    3. Nava says

      February 28, 2017 at 11:51 am

      Glad you and yours enjoyed this, Sue!

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