Baked Peanut Tempeh

May 19, 2018

This is 1 of those simple, brilliant, why didn't I intend of that? recipes that we'll destination upward making thence ofttimes that we'll hold upward able to laid upward it from memory. It's wedges of tempeh, slathered inwards a sauce of peanut butter, tamari too lime juice too baked for one-half an hour. That's real almost it.

Ironically, the Minimalist Baker's master copy recipe has a twain extra steps that we're happy to skip. First, they steam their tempeh wedges to take bitterness. We similar our tempeh but fine equally it is! Second, they marinated their tempeh inwards the peanut sauce for 24 hours. We tried 24 hours, nosotros tried fifteen minutes too nosotros similar it but the same both ways. If anything the 24-hour batch was a fleck of a nuisance because the peanut butter separate from the tamari inwards our marinade. I might, might try blending the peanut marinade inwards our spice grinder to improve emulsify it, but our master copy slightly lumpy fork-and-bowl approach was nevertheless a success.

We served our baked tempeh alongside roasted carrots too broccolini, rice too sesame-soy pickled radishes. Like Minimalist Baker, I tin post away imagine rolling them into rice newspaper wraps, tucking them into sandwiches too layering them over salads. The wedges are saucy too comforting instantly from the oven, too a squidgy savoury process at room temperature. They mightiness non convert the tempeh-avoiders (I know you're out there!); for these folks I'd get-go alongside tempeh bacon, lasagne or fried alongside palm sugar. But for those of us already on board the tempeh train, this is a delicious, slow means to swallow to a greater extent than of it.

Baked peanut tempeh
(adapted from a recipe on Minimalist Baker)

1 1/2 tablespoons sesame oil
two tablespoons peanut butter
two tablespoons tamari
two tablespoons lime juice
iii tablespoons maple syrup
a pinch of chilli flakes
225g block tempeh

Preheat an oven to 190°C. Line a large baking tray alongside paper.

In a medium-large bowl, thoroughly whisk together the sesame oil, peanut butter, tamari, lime juice, maple syrup too chilli flakes. (I mightiness blend them together inwards our spice grinder side yesteryear side fourth dimension to properly emulsify the peanut butter.)

Slice the tempeh into bite-sized pieces. Drop them into the peanut marinade too stir them together, until the tempeh pieces are evenly coated.

Spoon the tempeh pieces onto the baking tray, lying them apartment too avoiding whatsoever overlap. Bake the tempeh for fifteen minutes. Turn the tempeh pieces too drizzle over whatsoever remaining marinade, too thence bake for a farther 10-15 minutes, until the tempeh is turning night chocolate-brown some the edges. Serve warm.