Gado Gado with Tofu
Traditionally Gado Gado is often made with eggs and tempeh. And since this is vegan recipe we will not be adding eggs, and personally I’m not a huge fan of tempeh, so we sub that for tofu instead. To me, this is all fine as long as it has that gorgeous peanut sauce and a ton of krupuk!
Gado Gado with Tofu
Ingredients
- 160 gram white rice
- 200 gram green beans
- 100 gram bean sprouts
- 1/3 pointed cabbage
- 1/3 cucumber
- handful of cassave krupuk Can also use vegan 'prawn' crackers
- fried onions
Ketjap Tofu
- 400 gram tofu Pressed
- 2 tbsp ketjap manis
- 1 tbsp neutral oil I use peanut oil
- pinch of salt
Gado Gado Peanut Sauce
- 2 tbsp peanut butter
- 1 clove garlic
- 150 ml water
- 2 tbsp sambal I used sambal oelek. Can also be subbed for sriracha
- 2 tbsp agave syrup
- 1 tbsp ketjap manis
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
Instructions
- Cut the pressed tofu in 1 cm large cubes. Put them on a plate and cover in ketjap. Shuffle the cubes around to make sure everything is covered. Leave to marinate for about 10 minutes.
- Cook the rice in 10 minutes, drain and put back in the pan. Let it rest for at least 10 minutes and fluff with a fork before serving.
- Remove the ends of the green beans, and cut them into 3 cm bite sized bits. Boil some water and add the beans. Cook the beans for about 10 minutes, then drain, salt lightly and set aside.
- While the tofu is marinating and the rice and beans are cooking, start with chopping the veggies. Cut the cucumber along the length and remove most of the wet flesh using a small spoon. Cut it in thin half circles. Cut 1/3 of the pointed cabbage, remove the core if necessary and cut in thin half strips. Wash the cut cabbage thoroughly. Set the cut veggies aside.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Toss in the tofu and bake the tofu for a total of 15 minutes. Resist the urge to flip it too often! It will get nice and brown when it's simply left to bake. Salt the tofu lightly after baking.
- While the tofu is baking, prepare the peanut sauce. Take a small saucepan. Peel and press the garlic. Add all ingredients for the sauce to the pan on low heat. Keep stirring and eventually the sauce will combine into pourable consistency. Add more water if the sauce is getting too thick.
- Arrange the plate by adding the rice, veggies and tofu. Drizzle the peanut sauce on top and sprinkle with some fried onions. Serve with krupuk.