Adam’s Asparagus, Red Pepper & Black Bean Stirfry

Asparagus, Red Pepper and Black Bean Stirfry

If you are short on time, stirfries are among the healthiest and easiest dishes you can make. They require a quick chop of a few vegetables, half a glass of vegetable stock, a splash or two of Asian-style sauces and you have dinner on the table in 10 minutes. Super easy and super healthy!

Serves: 4

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Asparagus, Red Pepper and Black Bean Stirfry

By: Adam Guthrie

If you are short on time, stirfries are among the healthiest and easiest dishes you can make.


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Recipe


Ingredients

  • Sauce
  • ½ cup vegetable broth
  • 2 tbsp Ayam black bean sauce
  • ⅔ cup tamari
  • 2 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • Juice 1 lime
  • ½ handful fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
  • ½ handful fresh basil leaves, roughly chopped
  • Stirfry
  • Handful raw cashews
  • 375g firm tofu, sliced into ribbons
  • 1 stick celery, sliced
  • 2 green shallots, sliced
  • 1 capsicum, thinly sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, sliced
  • 1 tbsp grated ginger
  • 1 small red chilli, thinly sliced
  • 2 bunches asparagus, halved

Method


  • To make sauce, add ingredients to bowl and stir well.
  • Heat wok on high heat and add raw cashews. Toast until they start to get little brown spots, then remove from wok.
  • Add tofu strips and stirfry until brown, then remove from wok.
  • Add celery, shallots, capsicum, garlic, ginger and chilli and stirfry for a minute. Add asparagus, tofu and cashew nuts, then add sauce. Stir and bring to boil until it starts to thicken.
  • Place on individual plates or bowls and garnish (see recipe below for more).

  

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Adam Guthrie

Adam Guthrie

Adam is a vegan whose passion for food began with a life-threatening illness and continues today in a lifestyle built around healthy cooking and eating. Adam is a qualified chef and wellness coach who specialises in a wholefood, plant-based diet. Adam shares how to prepare delicious, healthy food for health, energy and vitality. He conducts online healthy eating and wellness programs and gives keynote talks, live cooking demonstrations and cooking classes on the subject of healthy eating and living well.

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