Meatless Monday with P.F. Chang’s Copycat Vegan Tofu Lettuce Wraps

Welcome to the Miratel blog for our Meatless Monday vegan recipe share. Miratel took the Meatless Monday pledge to support reducing meat consumption 15% by eliminating it one day per week to preserve the health of our planet. We consider our support of this great movement part of our CSR business strategies as it spreads awareness of the impact of our food choices on our environment.

Tofu is an incredibly versatile protein for vegans because it can take on a variety of flavours and textures as we have showcased here in recipes like Baked Sriracha Tofu, Dubu Jorim: Korean Spicy Braised Tofu, Sweet & Spicy Cola Tofu, Crispy Chipotle Tofu, Maple Sesame Tofu, Beer Battered Fish Tofu and Tofu Sticky Fingers with Blue Cheese Sauce. We continue today with the very tasty P.F. Chang’s Copycat Vegan Tofu Lettuce Wraps. According to the chef who created this great recipe, “Deliciously simple vegan and gluten-free lettuce wraps, made with tofu. They taste exactly like the PF Chang’s version but they’re made with simple ingredients you probably already have in your kitchen. The firm tofu is lightly fried with tender mushrooms, crunchy carrots, and a bit of garlic and ginger before it’s slathered in a tangy sauce and then served wrapped in fresh butter lettuce.” This delicious recipe comes courtesy of Karlie Kashat of Karl Cooks, an amazing gluten-free, vegan/vegetarian recipe site with great images, via the consistently inspiring One Green Planet.

INGREDIENTS (serves 2-3)

FOR THE TOFU:

• 1 8-ounce package extra-firm tofu
• 1 cup chopped mushrooms
• 1 cup chopped carrots
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (omit if you don’t like spicy)
• 4 green onions, sliced

TO MAKE THE SAUCE

• 3 tablespoons tamari
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup
• 2 teaspoon cornstarch
• 1 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoons water
• 2 tablespoons ginger, minced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• Butter lettuce, for wraps

PREPARATION

1. Slice tofu block into 4 pieces and place the pieces between two plates, press all of the moisture out of them using a heavy book for about 30 minutes.
2. Crumble the tofu into a pan with some sesame oil and let cook for 5 minutes on medium heat.
3. Add the mushrooms and cook them for 3 more minutes.
4. Add in carrots, garlic, ginger, and red pepper and cook everything for 15 more minutes, stirring it periodically.
5. Meanwhile, whisk together the ingredient for the sauce.
6. In the last minute of cooking, pour sauce over tofu mixture and stir it to coat everything well.
7. Serve the tofu warm, in crisp lettuce wraps, topped with sliced green onions.

If you haven’t already, we encourage you to visit the Meatless Monday website and join us in taking the pledge today. Spread the word at home and at work and promote CSR business initiatives to make your green call centre, office, factory, shop, restaurant or salon even greener.

________________________________________________________________________________

For nonprofit, nonprofit fundraising, CSR business and other news, connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Pinterest or subscribe to our RSS feed. 

Miratel Solutions is a PCI certified Toronto call centre, eBusiness, and letter shop mail house specializing in professional services including PCI compliant inbound telephone fundraising, outbound telephone fundraising, online fundraising, lottery fundraising services, donation processing and receipting, direct mail fundraising, data breech response and other call centre services. We are committed to our CSR business values in all our business decisions  and advancing the missions of the nonprofits we proudly serve.