DAILY BITE: Trail Run Fueling = Thai Basil Tofu Stir-Fry

Tonight's dinner was a thai basil tofu stir-fry. After running Friday through today my legs are tired and I have a big, hilly trail run I signed on for with my training partners tomorrow morning. So, I needed some high quality fuel! This hit the spot: 

I used a few different websites such as Foodgawker and Cooking with Erica to adapt a recipe here:

Thai Basil Tofu Stir-Fry

Makes 2-3 servings

Ingredients:

Marinade for tofu:

• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tsp corn starch
• 1 tsp chili paste (optional)
• 1 container of firm tofu

Vegetables such as the following*:

• Carrots
• Baby Corn
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Red bell peppers
• Sweet Onion
• Scallion
• Zucchini
• Snow Peas
• Green Beans

*For a quick shortcut use a bag of frozen thai veggies

• Peanut oil (recommended) or vegetable oil for stir frying
• 1/2 cup or more fresh basil
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp fresh ginger
• Rice of your choice (sticky rice, brown rice, etc.)

Sauce:

• 2 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp sweet Thai chili sauce
• 1 1/2 tbsp black rice vinegar
• 2-3 cloves garlic, diced or pressed
• 1 tsp fresh ginger

Directions:

1. Dice tofu into small cubes and mix in marinade. Set tofu aside to marinade while you cut up your vegetables.
2. Mix ingredients for sauce together and set aside.
3. Heat the peanut oil in cold wok (or other stir frying pan). Stir-fry tofu and marinade. Once tofu starts to brown, start adding your vegetables.
4. Once tofu is browned and vegetables are cooked add sauce. Continuing cooking for about 5 more minutes. Remove from heat and add basil leaves. Continue to stir until basil leaves are cooked down. Serve with rice of your choice.

Leftovers suggestion: This is delicious for lunch or dinner the next day if you put it in a wrap with some avocado, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, and some light peanut sauce if you have it!

Comments

[Matt (No Meat Athlete)]

Looks great! I've O.D.'d on pasta recently and now I crave stir-fry instead. Did you actually use thai basil? Is there much difference from regular (Italian)?

[Em]

Hi Matt! No, I just use regular basil because I can buy it local/fresh around here. I don't think there's much of a difference, anyway not that I've tasted in comparison to my local thai restaurant's dishes.

[Nathan (RunnerOH_NMA)]

This looks AMAZING!!! I just went vegetarian back in January and I'll be trying this dish!

Thanks

[kara]

Looks good enough to eat : )
I dilute my soy sauce (Tamari) with water to reduce the sodium. I'm on this reduce sodium kick.
1 Tbs Soy sauce has around 1100mg of sodium!!!
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