Creamy Garlic Pasta With Spicy Tofu

Creamy Garlic Pasta With Spicy Tofu

Spicy crispy tofu meets a creamy vegan garlic almond sauce for a quick, delicious super satisfying pasta dish. You’ll find yourself returning to this Creamy Garlic Pasta With Spicy Tofu again and again!

Creamy Garlic Pasta With Spicy Tofu

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Garlic Cream Sauce
  • 410 grams fettuccine
  • 1 cup sliced almonds
  • 2 lemons juiced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion dices
  • 4 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 cups pasta water
Spicy Tofu
  • 454 gram tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes one package
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil for frying the tofu
  • 3 tbps soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp hot sauce we used Frank's Red Hot
  • 2 tsp maple syrup
  • 1 pinch garlic salt

Method
 

Garlic Cream Sauce
  1. Cook pasta of choice per package instructions.
  2. Sauté onions until lightly browned, then add garlic and cook for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until just fragrant.
  3. Toss sauteed onions and garlic, almonds, lemon juice, nutritional yeast and salt and pepper into a high speed blender. Stream in reserved pasta water until desired consistency is achieved.
  4. Toss pasta with sauce.
Spicy Tofu
  1. Heat oil in a cast iron skillet. Add tofu squares and fry until browned on all sides.
  2. Mix soy sauce, hot sauce, maple syrup and garlic salt in a small container.
  3. Add sauce to browned tofu, stirring until it thickens and sticks to the tofu.
  4. Serve pasta with generous scoop of spicy crispy tofu, and enjoy!

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