October 28, 2007: Chipotle Maple Tofu Scramble

Despite enjoying an absurdly large cooked breakfast on Saturday, for some argue I got it into my caput that it'd last a proficient stance to laid upward breakfast for ourselves on Sunday. I'm non sure why I didn't simply teach dorsum to cereal equally usual, but that's hardly the signal of this post.

The signal of this postal service is this:

Cindy had bookmarked Vanessa's vegan breakfast recipe as well as had been waiting for a risk to sample it - my enthusiasm for cooking breakfast was the perfect opportunity. I started the solar daytime amongst a pre-breakfast wander approximately the Merri Creek Trail as well as swung yesteryear Filou's Patisserie on the agency dwelling identify to grab some staff of life to accompany our scrambled tofu. We've lived hither for over a twelvemonth forthwith as well as somehow never bothered to poke our heads into this piffling bakery sitting on Lygon Street across from the cemetery. It's in all likelihood been for the best - it's sure as shooting reduced the amount of delicious pastries we'd otherwise accept eaten. Anyway, they provided me amongst a fresh loaf of roast capsicum as well as herb staff of life to convey dwelling identify amongst me.

The balance of breakfast turned out to last pretty easy. Vanessa's recipe is quick as well as slowly as well as results inwards a frying pan total to alluvion amongst egg-looking vegan breakfast. My solely suggested modification would last to cutting downwardly a piffling on the chilli - nosotros solely seat inwards three peppers as well as a teaspoon of the sauce, but that was all the same a piffling on the hot side. Maybe chipotles are less fiery inwards Brooklyn. Or perchance Vanessa's simply tougher than nosotros are. You could sure as shooting encounter why some peppers are necessary - combining chilli as well as maple syrup is a fine idea, as well as i that added a bright flavor to our sun brekkie. And given it was scrambled tofu as well as non eggs, I could fifty-fifty convince myself that it was healthy!


Edit 03/06/09: I'm adding the recipe, since vanesscipes has sadly disappeared. Thanks to the anonymous commenter below for pointing us to an archived version!

Chipotle-Maple Tofu Scramble

3 canned chipotle chillis + 1 teaspoon adobo sauce
1/4 loving cup maple syrup
oil, for frying
500g extra delineate solid tofu
1 light-green capsicum, diced
2 tomatoes, seeds removed as well as diced
2 bunches light-green onions, sliced
1/4 teaspoon turmeric
salt

Use a nutrient processor to blend together the chipotle chillis, adobo sauce as well as maple syrup.

Heat upward a piffling crude oil inwards a frypan. Fry the light-green capsicum for a duet minutes, as well as so add together the tofu, blended chipotle-maple syrup, tomatoes, light-green onion, turmeric as well as tabular array salt to taste. Stir it amongst a wooden spoon as well as smush upward the tofu a bit, cooking until it's all hot, tender as well as whatever liquid has dried up.