Asian Noodle Bowl (for Meal Prep)

This asian noodle bowl combines rice noodles, peanut tofu and recent greens with a easy and flavorful sauce. It’s vegan, gluten-free and ideal for meal prep!

In case you’re on the lookout for a light-weight, refreshing and simple to make plant-based meal this asian noodle bowl is for you! It combines rice noodles with crisp baked tofu, edamame, a great deal of colourful recent veggies and a brilliant easy sauce.

And the most effective half? This recipe is ideal for meal prep! It makes 4 servings so is the prefect recipe to make over the weekend for fast and simple lunches all through the week. Plus, it tastes scrumptious chilly straight out of the fridge so there’s no reheating essential!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• It may be personalized to your liking with totally different greens and protein. 
• As soon as your tofu is cooked this recipe comes collectively very quickly in any respect!
• Leftovers maintain up properly so it’s excellent for meal prep.
• Gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan!
• One serving has over 30 grams of plant-based protein!

Elements Wanted

• baked peanut tofu – this baked peanut tofu is the right plant-based addition to this bowl. It’s good and crispy on the skin, comfortable on the within and coated in a hearty peanut sauce which provides a ton of taste.
• rice noodles – I like utilizing the Thai Kitchen skinny rice noodles for this recipe, however pad thai noodles or brown rice noodles may even work.
• greens – we’re utilizing purple cabbage, carrots, cucumber and purple bell pepper. I like the number of coloration all of them add to this bowl!
• edamame – provides a ton of plant-based protein (1 cup has about 18 grams), fiber and nutritional vitamins. It’s additionally a very good supply of wholesome fats and antioxidants whereas being low in energy and ldl cholesterol. You should purchase it within the shell or shelled (typically known as mukimame), which is what we’re utilizing for this recipe.
• inexperienced onion – for serving.
• sauce – a brilliant easy sauce made with tamari (or soy sauce), veggie broth (or water), lime juice, maple syrup, garlic, tahini and sambal oelek. It’s so good!

Tips on how to Make

In case you haven’t finished so already, put together and bake the peanut tofu in line with the directions.

Whereas tofu is baking, make the sauce by whisking the substances collectively in a small bowl. Put aside. 

Prepare dinner rice noodles in line with bundle instructions. Put aside. 

Assemble by dividing noodles, cabbage, carrots, cucumber, bell pepper, edamame and tofu into 4 bowls. Drizzle 3 Tablespoons of sauce over a bowl, toss to mix and prime with inexperienced onions. Take pleasure in!

Customise Your Bowl

The wonderful thing about this asian noodle bowl is that it’s fully customizable so be happy to make this recipe your individual! Listed below are some concepts:

• Use totally different veggies – have totally different veggies readily available? Use what you have got! This bowl could be scrumptious with broccoli, cauliflower, snap peas, snow peas, bok choy, inexperienced beans… actually any kind of veggie!
• Swap the noodles – you may simply swap the skinny rice noodles for pad thai noodles, soba noodles or brown rice noodles. You may as well use rice if that’s what you like!
• Change the protein – in case you have a peanut allergy you would nonetheless use tofu, simply swap the peanut butter with almond butter, SunButter or tahini. In case you don’t want this recipe to be plant-based you would additionally use hen, beef, shrimp or actually any most well-liked meat possibility.
• Swap up the sauce – wish to add extra spice to the sauce? Add some purple chili flakes or sriracha! Serving this dish to kiddos or simply aren’t a fan of spice? Skip the sambal oelek within the sauce all collectively. You may additionally add extra taste by including recent ginger, rice vinegar or sesame oil to the sauce.
• Add herbs – I like including recent herbs to my recipes! Thai basil, mint or cilantro would all elevate the flavors of this bowl.

Tips on how to Meal Prep Asian Noodle Bowl

That is the last word meal prep bowl. You possibly can prep all the elements upfront and have a scrumptious, filling meal in minutes! Right here’s how I might meal prep this recipe:

1. Add ¼ cup of sauce to the underside of a wide-mouth massive mason jar.
2. Add cooked rice noodles on prime of the sauce.
3. Prime rice noodles with remaining substances on this order: cabbage, tofu, carrots, pepper, cucumber and edamame.
4. When able to take pleasure in, pour right into a bowl and revel in!

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