Filipino Vegan Escabeche - Sweet & Sour Fish
A unique sweet and sour fish dish has a vegan version - Filipino Vegan Escabeche - Sweet & Sour Fish is the recipe that you must try!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 cup 200g block tofu cut into a rectangular shape, depends on preferred thickness
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon ginger julienne
- 1 large red onion chopped
- 1 large tomato julienne
- 1 med carrots julienne
- 1 small red/orange bell pepper
- 1 cup of water
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 1 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon of pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat a nonstick pan over medium heat and add coconut oil. Once it’s hot, fry tofu until it’s golden brown and set aside.
- In the same pan, saute garlic, ginger, onion, and tomato until translucent.
- After about 3 minutes, add carrots, bell pepper, and mix until well combined
- After about 2 minutes, add 1 cup of water and allow it to boil, then add vinegar, wait about 30 seconds and then add the soy sauce and allow it to simmer.
- Mix in the tomato paste, brown sugar, and cornstarch to thicken the sauce.
- Add fried tofu, salt, and pepper and mix.
- If needed, season with salt and pepper.
- Serve with steam rice
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