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Crispy Tofu + Butter Lettuce Stir Fry

Get creative in the kitchen!

Sauté serrano and bell peppers, garlic and green onions in a skillet with sauces and oils commonly used in asian cuisine for a healthy and colorful vegetable stir fry. Vertical Roots Green Butter Lettuce adds extra nutrition to this meal and wilts perfectly into the sauce over oven-baked tofu!

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Ingredients

  • 2 packages of Vertical Roots Green Butter or Beautiful Butter
  • 2T Dry Sherry
  • 1T Vegetable Broth
  • 2T Peanut Oil
  • 4T Soy Sauce
  • 2t Minced Ginger
  • 2 Garlic cloves minced
  • 3 stalks Green onion, chopped
  • ½ Red Bell Pepper, sliced lengthwise
  • 2 Serrano Peppers, sliced lengthwise
  • 12oz Extra Firm Tofu, dried as much as possible

Directions

Crispy Tofu

  • Step 1: Preheat Oven to 400
  • Step 2: Add 2T soy sauce + 1T peanut oil + dried tofu to a bowl. Mix.
  • Step 3: Place tofu on parchment paper atop a baking sheet
  • Step 4: Bake for 30 minutes

Rice Wine Mixture

  • Step 1: Mix 2T Dry Sherry, 1T Vegetable Broth, 2t soy sauce

Veggie Stir-Fry

  • Step 1: Pour 1T peanut oil into skillet (medium-low heat)
  • Step 2: Add minced garlic + minced ginger, Sauté for 2 minutes
  • Step 3: Add chopped green onion, sliced serrano and red bell pepper strips, Sauté for 1 minute
  • Step 4: Add  Green Butter Lettuce, Sauté 1 minute
  • Step 5: Add rice wine mixture until lettuce is bright, crisp, and tender, Sauté 30 seconds

#Health Tip: Eat more Tofu!

  • Plant-based diets can reduce your risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death in the US, by over 50%.