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Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu {Gluten free and vegan}

A delightful tangle of tender brown rice noodles, crisped tofu bites, crunchy red bell pepper, and green onions, all bathed in spicy red curry peanut butter sauce–step right up to Thai peanut noodles with golden tofu!

Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu on Chinese blue platter | Letty's Kitchen

With oodles of texture and bright color, this is a fabulous vegan and gluten free recipe. The sauce truly bursts with flavor–ginger, garlic, soy sauce, lime juice, spicy Thai red chili paste, and salty peanut butter. Sooooo good…

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Golden tofu and green onions in skillet for Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu

How to make Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu –the whole nourishing deal:

  • In a hot skillet, get that tofu golden crisp on the outside, soft inside.
  • Add the green onions, and sauté so they take on a nice char.
  • Stir in thinly sliced red bell pepper.
  • Whisk together and heat the savory peanut butter sauce.
  • Soak the rice noodles in hot water, so they soften but keep a bouncy resistance when you bite into them.
  • Chop the cilantro and peanuts for that final pungent crunchiness and color.
  • Toss and serve.
  • Easy.
draining tofu slabs for Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu

Did you know that green onions and scallions are actually the same thing? Call them by either name, they’re simply young onions, harvested before the white part swells into an onion.

Scallions sound sexier, but like they do in the grocery store, I’m calling them green onions. Blister green onions in a hot skillet for the essential aromatic flavor and color contrast they bring to these Thai peanut noodles with golden tofu.

Thai Peanut Noodles with Golden Tofu overheat on blue Chinese design plate

About soy sauce and tofu– kitchen notes:

  • Many soy sauces are made with wheat. To keep this recipe gluten-free, choose a gluten-free soy sauce like this one. You can find it at well-stocked supermarkets.
  • If you can, buy organic soy products. By definition, organic food can never be GMO, and at least 85% of soybeans grown in the U.S. are genetically modified. Organic tofu, edamame, miso, soy sauce, and other soy products are not much more costly than conventional, so this is not a big splurge.
  • For the broth, I diluted ½ teaspoon of this vegetable broth powder (affiliate link) in ⅓ cup water.

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This recipe is adapted from the Beijing Peanut Noodles in Lia Huber’s Nourished: a Memoir of Food, Faith & Love. (Affiliate link.) Disclosure: I received a review copy of Nourished from Blogging for Books. All opinions are my own.)

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1 comment

  • Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it. Reply · 20 September, 2021

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