Coconut Fried Rice with Tenderstem® Broccoli
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Total: 30 mins
A very special fried rice indeed, brimming with cubes of marinated tofu, Tenderstem® broccoli, spring onions and cherry tomatoes, bubbled with creamy coconut milk and flavoured with curry leaves, thyme and hot chilli flakes.
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758 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 300g white basmati rice
  • A handful of thyme
  • 2 vegetable stock cube
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 380g marinated tofu
  • A bunch of spring onions
  • 400g Tenderstem® broccoli
  • 500g cherry vine tomatoes
  • 12 curry leaves
  • A pinch of 2 dried chilli flakes
From your kitchen
  • 150ml boiling water
  • 1 tbsp olive, sunflower or coconut oil
You'll need
  • Small pan with lid
  • Measuring jug
  • Deep frying pan or wok
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Fill your kettle and boil it. Rinse the rice under cold water, then tip it into a small pan. Drop in the thyme sprigs and crumble in the stock cube. Pour in the tin of coconut milk and 150ml boiling water. Cover the pan with a lid, bring to the boil then turn the heat right down. Gently simmer for 8 mins till the rice has absorbed all the liquid in the pan. Take the pan off the heat and set aside for a few mins, lid on to steam the rice.

  • 2.

    While the rice cooks, drain the tofu and slice into bite-size pieces. Trim the roots and dry tips off the spring onions. Chop them into 1-2cm-long chunks. Trim the dry ends off the Tenderstem® broccoli, and chop the stems into bite-sized chunks.

  • 3.

    Pop a deep frying pan or wok on a high heat and add ½ tbsp oil. Add the tofu and fry for 5 mins, turning once or twice, till the tofu is golden brown.

  • 4.

    Lift the fried tofu out of the pan and set aside on a plate. Add another ½ tbsp oil to the pan and add the spring onions and broccoli. Fry for 3-4 mins, stirring often, till the veg have started to brown.

  • 5.

    While the veg fry, halve the cherry tomatoes. When the broccoli and spring onions have browned, add the tomatoes, curry leaves and a pinch of dried chilli flakes (they’re spicy so use as big or small a pinch as you prefer). Stir fry for 2-3 mins, till the tomatoes have started to soften.

  • 6.

    Return the tofu to the pan, then add the rice (discarding the thyme sprigs). Stir fry for 1-2 mins till everything is well mixed.

  • 7.

    Divide the fried rice between a couple of warm bowls and serve straight away.

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