Marinated Tempeh with Sweet Potato Noodles

We came home from a social gathering and really needed some serious food after eating carrots and cherry tomatoes all evening. I had seen this coming and had boiled and started soaking some tempeh in a spicy marinade earlier in the day.  Phew! Dinner turned into a one-dish meal. Comforting, filling, and adding in just what we needed to close the day. You can definitely exchange the sweet potato noodles for rice or mung bean starch noodles, but if you have an Asian grocery nearby, the texture of the sweet potato noodles really adds something.  Dessert was a mandarin orange. There is a high sodium content in this due to the Tamari, Ume plum vinegar and Sriracha.


Marinated Tempeh with Sweet Potato Cellophane Noodles
1 package tempeh
1/2 bag sweet potato cellophane noodles (2 servings)
2 cups sugar snap peas, cleaned & de-strung
1 cup shitake mushroom caps, sliced
4 cloves garlic, crushed & chopped
2 Tblsp sriracha Vietnamese Chili Sauce
2 Tblsp Tamari
1 tsp Ume Plum Vinegar
1 tsp Balsamic Vinegar

1. Cut up and boil tempeh for about 10 minutes. Then put tempeh in a bowl with 2 tblsps sriracha chili sauce, a tablespoon of tamari and about 1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar. Let this soak, stirring the sauce over the tempeh chunks for several hours. You can even put it in the fridge for a while.

2. Water saute garlic with sliced mushrooms. Add snap peas, tamari and plum vinegar, stir, cover, stir, cover.

3. Add tempeh and soaking pepper sauce to wok, stir, cover, stir, cover. Meanwhile, boil water and cook the cellophane sweet potato noodles until clear and spongy.

4. Drain and rinse noodles, and add them to wok mixture, stirring them into the juices.  You might add more sriracha or tamari on the table.  You can definitely turn this into a meal for 4 by adding another vegetable dish and/or soup and salad.

spicy tempeh sweet potato noodles Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 1 Serving (400g) Amount Per Serving % Daily Value* Calories 694 35% Total Fat 11g 17% Saturated Fat 2g 11% Trans Fat Cholesterol 0% Sodium 1864mg 78% Total Carbohydrate 130g 43% Dietary Fiber 5g 18% Sugars 5g 0% Protein 23g 46% Vitamin A 2% • Vitamin C 65% Calcium 18% • Iron 41% * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calories needs.courtesy of cronomieter. com using my data.