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Brown Rice Veggie Bowl with Tahini Dressing

  • Prep Time: 20m
  • Cook Time: 20m
  • Total Time: 45m

Ingredients

Bowl Components

  • 1 c Brown rice (1 cup before cooking)
  • Olive oil
  • 1/2 Yellow onion, sliced into thin strips
  • 1/2 Red onion, diced
  • 2 Carrots, medium, chopped into 1/3" chunks
  • 1 Baby broccolini bunch, trimmed into florets
  • 4 oz Shiitake mushrooms, cleaned and sliced
  • 2 c Spinach, loosely chopped
  • 1 c Tofu, pre-baked, diced
  • Pepper
  • Salt

Tahini Dressing

  • 1/4 c Tahini sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp. Almond butter
  • 1 tbsp. Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp. Rice vinegar
  • 2 Garlic cloves, finely minced (or 3/8 tsp garlic powder)
  • 1/3 c Water
  • 1 tbsp. Olive Oil
  • Pepper
  • Salt
  • 2 tsp. Sriracha chili sauce, to taste (optional)

Instructions

Bowl Components

  1. Make the rice according to package instructions, or in a rice cooker.
  2. Heat 2 tsp olive oil over medium heat in a non-stick pan and add yellow onions. Sauté for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until caramelized at a light golden brown. Remove from pan and set aside.
  3. Heat 2 tsp olive oil over medium heat in the same pan and sauté red onions until starting to soften. Add carrots and cook for 3 minutes then add broccoli. Cook until all veggies are tender, stirring occasionally.
  4. Add spinach and cook until wilted, 3-5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove mixture from pan and set aside.
  5. Wipe pan clean and heat 2 tsp olive oil over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook until tender, starting to brown, and has released its juices. Add diced tofu and cook until heated through.

Dressing

  1. In a small bowl, add tahini sauce, almond butter, soy sauce, rice vinegar, olive oil, and half the water. Whisk to combine. This mixture will be quite thick and you're looking for a consistency like warm maple syrup: thicker than water but pours smoothly. Whisk in 1 tbsp of water at a time until the desired consistency is reached. Season to taste with garlic powder, salt, and pepper.

Assembly

  1. To assemble, add 1/2 cup cooked brown rice to a bowl. Drizzle with dressing, about 1 tbsp. Add some of the tofu-mushroom mix and some caramelized onions, and top with the carrot-onion-broccoli mix. Drizzle with a generous portion of dressing.