Cook up this Gluten-Free Vegan Pad Thai in less than 30 minutes for a yummy, quick dinner! Brown rice noodles and an array of vegetables and tofu are covered in a rich fish-free peanut sauce.
This is by far my favorite recipe lately: Gluten-Free Vegan Pad Thai. My family is obsessed with this and literally requests it EVERY DAY. What makes it even better is that it is so easy to make! So this can be a super delicious and nutritious recipe to whip up for an easy weeknight dinner.
How to Make Gluten-Free Vegan Pad Thai
For this super simple recipe, you just need a few pantry staples plus whatever produce you have in your fridge/freezer! I used brown rice noodles, they’re so good you would never know they were gluten-free! Although, you can use whatever noodles you have in your pantry.
how to make more low-fat:
I usually make this recipe oil-free by just heating up a little vegetable stock when I cook the onions. You can even make this dish more low-fat by substituting PBFit for the peanut butter.
vegetables:
For vegetables, I just used a frozen bag of mixed vegetables, but you could easily pop into your fridge and see what you have on hand. My blend had broccoli, edamame, carrots, and water chestnut.
the sauce:
The peanut butter sauce is AMAZING. It might seem ‘runny’ when you first pour it into the pot, but just let it heat up enough and when you take it off the heat, it will be super creamy like traditional Pad Thai. The peanut butter sauce is made with peanut butter, liquid aminos (soy sauce), vegetable stock, lime juice, coconut sugar, rice wine vinegar, ginger, sriracha, and garlic.
top it off:
Top everything off with sriracha, cashews or peanuts, a few squeezes of fresh lime juice, and LOTS of cilantro!
This is a one-pot dish (if you don’t count boiling the noodles) packed with flavor and nutrients. This recipe looks like it has a lot of ingredients, but it’s super easy and quick to make. Let me know in the comments how you like it!
Gluten-Free Vegan Pad Thai
Ingredients
Sauce Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup vegetable stock
- 1/4 cup liquid aminos (soy sauce)
- 3/8 cup coconut sugar
- 3/8 cup peanut butter
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tsp sriracha
- 2 tsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp minced garlic
Pad Thai Ingredients:
- 1 – 8 oz box Brown Rice Pad Thai Noodles
- 1 tbsp olive oil OR vegetable stock
- 1 large white onion (thinly sliced)
- 1 – 10.8 oz package Birds Eye Steamfresh Mixtures Baby Broccoli Blend (or whatever vegetables you have on hand)
- 1 – 8 oz container organic super firm cubed tofu (drained and patted dry)
- cashews or peanuts, for garnish
- cilantro, for garnish
- lime, for garnish
- sriracha, for garnish
Instructions
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Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil OR vegetable stock in a large pan. Add in sliced onion and cook until translucent and browned.
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While onions are cooking, boil pad thai noodles.
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Mix together all sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and set aside.
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Steam the vegetable bag in the microwave.
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While vegetables are steaming in microwave, gently pat dry the cubed tofu and add to onions. Add about 2 tbsp of the pad thai sauce to the pan and mix into tofu/onion mix.
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Strain pad thai noodles when they are done cooking.
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Add in steamed vegetables and the rest of the pad thai sauce.
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Stir in strained pad thai noodles.
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Once everything is mixed together, serve and top with garnishes! (I personally like to add cashews instead of peanuts on top and squeeze fresh lime on top)
Enjoy!
(don’t feel like you need to add the frozen vegetables I did. I just like it because it makes the recipe easy with carrots, broccoli, edamame, and water chestnut. You can add in bean sprouts as well or fresh veggies. Sometimes I like to add spinach at the end.)
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