How to make Vietnamese vegan broken rice plate (vegan com tam). Hope you enjoy it!

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Recipe/Ingredients:

Lemongrass soy curls (updated recipe from banh mi):
60g Butler soy curls
1 garlic clove
10g lemongrass
20g shallots
1/2 tbsp cane sugar
1 tbsp canola oil
1 1/2 tbsp tamari (soy sauce)
1 tbsp pineapple juice
1 tbsp lime juice
Black pepper to taste

1. Rehydrate soy curls according to directions.
2. Chop garlic and lemongrass. Crush in mortar and pestle. Add to blender.
3. Chop shallots and add to blender.
4. Add cane sugar, canola oil, tamari, pineapple juice and lime juice to blender.
5. Blend until smooth.
6. Strain marinade and season with black pepper.
7. Add soy curls to marinade and mix well.
8. Let soy curls marinate in the fridge for 1 1/2 hrs.
9. Cook soy curls over medium heat until golden brown.

Tofu loaf:
250g extra firm tofu
100g rehydrated mung bean threads
50g rolled oats
25g carrots
5g dried wood ear mushrooms
15g green onions
1 tbsp miso
White pepper to taste

1. Soak mung bean threads in hot water for 10 mins. Cut mung bean threads into smaller pieces.
2. Soak wood ear mushrooms in hot water for 10 mins.
3. Use blender to crush rolled oats.
4. Smash tofu.
5. Chop wood ear mushrooms and green onions.
6. Grate carrots.
7. Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix well.
8. Add mixture into a baking container* and bake** at 350F for 50 mins (time & temp. vary).
9. Let loaf rest and cool before use.

*I used a 3.7” x 3.7” x 2.5” food-grade silicone mold.
** I first tried steaming, but found the loaf retained too much moisture and thus too soft to handle.

Tofu, potato, jicama hash (bi chay)
200g potato (russet)
150g jicama
40g fried tofu (abura age)
Salt, white pepper, toasted jasmine rice powder to taste

1. Julienne potato, jicama and tofu.
2. Soak potato in water to reduce starch.
3. On medium heat, cook potato until al dente.
4. Add jicama and cook until heated through.
5. Add fried tofu and cook until heated through.
6. Remove from heat and season with salt, white pepper and toasted jasmine rice powder.


To build the plate, serve with:
broken rice
tomatoes
cucumbers
red chilies
mo hanh - scallion (green onion) oil
fried shallots
do chua - pickled carrots & daikon (see vegan banh mi pt 2 for recipe:    • Vegan Banh Mi [2/3] Pate, Mayo, Pickl...  )
nuoc cham chay - dipping sauce (see Vietnamese vegan crepe for recipe:    • Video  )


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