Broccoli with Vegan Tomato Cream Sauce
Here's a recipe for a vegan side dish with broccoli, dressed with a light and refreshing soy milk tomato cream sauce. If you add some spaghetti, you can make a tasty vegan tomato cream pasta. Bon appétit!
Equipment
- cooking chopsticks
- wooden spatula
- pot
- colander
- frying pan
- kitchen knife
- cutting board
Ingredients
Vegetables
- 120 g broccoli
- 20 g shimeji mushrooms
Vegan tomato cream sauce
- 7 tablespoon plain soy milk 105ml
- 100 g canned tomatoes
- 4 g garlic
- ½ chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon shio koji
- ½ teaspoon kome (rice) miso
- ½ teaspoon sugar
Instructions
Preparation
- Chop the garlic cloves into small pieces.4 g garlic
- Take the seeds out of the chili and cut it into pieces.½ chili pepper
- Cut the broccoli into bite-sized pieces.*At the same time, start boiling water for the broccoli in a pot.120 g broccoli
Sauce Making
- Put olive oil, garlic, and chili in a frying pan and heat. Sauté the garlic until it is golden brown, taking care not to burn it.
- When the garlic is browned, add the shimeji mushrooms, shio koji, and canned tomatoes. Cook it all together in a pan, stirring regularly, until the tomatoes cook down.20 g shimeji mushrooms, 1 tablespoon shio koji, 100 g canned tomatoes
- Add the remaining seasonings (miso and sugar) and mix well.½ teaspoon kome (rice) miso, ½ teaspoon sugar
- Add soy milk and mix further. Heat until it's almost boiling, then turn off the heat.7 tablespoon plain soy milk
Boil Broccoli
- When the water is boiling, add the broccoli. For thin stems, boil for about 1 minute. For thicker stems, boil for about 1 minute and 30 seconds.*If using broccoli stalks, add them to the pot first. Boil the stalks for 30 seconds to a minute, then add the broccoli florets and continue boiling until the texture is just right. To get the right firmness, adjust the cooking time according to the thickness of the stalks.
- When broccoli is cooked, drain it thoroughly in a colander.
Toss
- Heat the soy milk tomato cream sauce again until it is warm but not boiling.
- Add the cooked broccoli and stir briefly.
- Add shio koji or sugar to suit your taste, and serve.