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30-minute meals: Veggie rice bowl recipe

This quick and simple recipe is ideal for when you don’t have time, or just don’t want to slave over a hot stove.

You will need:

  • One tablespoon vegetable oil.
  • 120g broccoli tips, halved lengthways.
  • One red pepper, seeded and cut into chunks.
  • 160g marinated tofu pieces.
  • 500g pouch microwave rice.
  • 200g frozen peas.
  • One tablespoon sesame seeds.
  • Three spring onions, chopped.
  • One red chilli, seeded and finely chopped.
  • One garlic clove, crushed.
  • A two centimetre piece fresh ginger, grated.
  • Three tablespoons soy sauce.
  • Two tablespoons sweet chilli sauce.
  • One tablespoon rice wine vinegar.

 

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What to do:

Heat the oil in a wok. Add the broccoli and pepper and stir-fry, over a high heat, for three minutes. Add the tofu and cook for one to two minutes, until crisp.

Tip in the rice and stir-fry for four minutes, breaking up the grains as they warm. Stir through the peas and cook for a further two to three minutes.

Meanwhile, make the sauce. Mix the chilli, garlic, ginger, soy, sweet chilli sauce and vinegar in a bowl. Pour it over the rice mixture and toss until coated and warmed through. To serve, spoon into bowls and scatter over the sesame seeds and spring onions.

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