Spicy Tempeh Crumble Bowl


As we speak’s recipe is a riff one in all my favorites from Andrea Nguyen’s most up-to-date ebook, Vietnamese Meals Any Day. It is a caramelized tempeh crumble, the type of factor that instantly turns into the very best element in your rice bowl. Should you’re on the fence about tempeh, that is the place to start out.
Spicy Tempeh Crumble Bowl

What’s Tempeh?

Tempeh is a fermented entire meals, soy-based, and far cherished in conventional Indonesian tradition. To make tempeh, soybeans are soaked, partially cooked, mixed with a starter, after which unfold right into a layer to permit fermentation to happen. Rather a lot goes on at this stage, and you’ll learn a extra detailed play-by-play about tempeh manufacturing right here. Soybean tempeh is commonest, however different variations are additionally out there. You additionally would possibly see tempeh mixed with different energy components like flax, or different grains.

Andrea acknowledges that tempeh is not a standard Viet ingredient, however she makes use of it in banh mi, pho, and crumbles like this one to imitate meat, “when crumbled into small items…tempeh absorbs the seasonings nicely and fries up properly.”
Spicy Tempeh Crumble Bowl

Why Tempeh is such a Energy Meals

Tempeh is extensively thought-about a powerhouse ingredient as a result of it’s wealthy in a superb vary of vitamins. It additionally weighs in properly on fiber, antioxidant, and protein fronts. Add to that the fermentation issue (mainly, the fermentation helps with nutrient absorption, and digestibility) and you’ve got a meals that’s working for you, not towards. Lots of people wish to substitute tempeh rather than one thing meaty. For instance, this tempeh crumble would possibly take the place of a pork crumble. This is the place yow will discover extra tempeh recipes, and I additionally like this checklist of tempeh advantages on McKel’s Diet Stripped Website. Extra tempeh in 2020!

The Tempeh Crumble recipe

In Andrea’s model she makes use of 1/2 cup of chopped lemongrass. The lemongrass provides superbly aromatic citrus notes, and is one in all my favourite flavors. That stated, the occasions I used to be in a rush to make dinner, I discovered myself skipping out on the 1/2 cup of chopped lemongrass (the lemongrass in my yard is loopy powerful) and repeatedly making this shortcut model. It makes use of serrano chiles and additional inexperienced onions – nonetheless actually tasty, simply faster to throw collectively.
Spicy Tempeh Crumble Bowl

Methods to Use the Tempeh Crumble

Right here (above) you see the tempeh crumble as a element in a rice bowl. The essential elements are rice and the tempeh crumble plus what ever is on simple and available within the fridge or pantry. I grabbed peanuts, some backyard lettuces, cucumber, pickled carrots, and avocado. A dollop of guacamole would not be unwelcome. The crumble would even be nice on these Vegan Nachos, in these Garlic Lime Lettuce Wraps, or rather than the tempeh on this Taco Salad.

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