Turn rhubarb into a delicious tangy sweet & sour sauce to brighten up chicken, beef, or tofu! This sauce is a great savory rhubarb recipe, serve over rice!
Our CSA box came with a wonderful surprise this week: rhubarb! So summery and amazing. I’ve eaten plenty of rhubarb in pies, but have never actually cooked with it for savory dishes. Last weekend we celebrated our 1 year engage-iversary in Killington Vermont and ate at a great spot: The Foundry at Summit Pond. Its where we celebrated last year right after Brett proposed on the Appalachian Long Trail. Brett ordered a really yummy dish with a rhubarb sauce and inspired me to find a way to tofu-ize it!
I love a good savory rhubarb recipe. This is a slight variation on our favorite way to eat tofu: baked and crispy! The sauce was so amazing and flavorful. It had such a great tang from the ginger and rhubarb, and every bite really had something new.
I would highly recommend garnishes, as they added a whole new depth as well. I ended up using allthe rhubarb for this dish, but just saw some more at the store… so I will have to stock up and freeze some so we can make this again!
This recipe actually combines a few other CSA ingredients I got this week – curly kale & scallions. It was a huge hit, and really nothing like I’ve ever made before. 10/10 🙂
Recipe was adapted from Taste Space.
Tofu with Sweet & Sour Rhubarb Sauce (Vegan, Gluten Free)
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 60 minutes
For the Sauce
- 3 large stalks rhubarb, washed and roughly chopped
- 2 inch piece of ginger, peeled
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons agave syrup
- 3 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce)
- Add all the sauce ingredients into a high speed blender, and blend on high for a few minutes until the sauce has a thick consistency.
- Transfer the sauce to a small pot and let simmer on low for 20 minutes until the tofu is finished.
- Serve over your favorite protein and rice/grain.
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Sweet & Sour Rhubarb Sauce (Vegan, Gluten Free)
Ingredients
- 3 large stalks rhubarb washed and roughly chopped
- 2 inch piece of ginger peeled
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 3 tablespoons agave syrup
- 3 tablespoons tamari or soy sauce
Instructions
- Add all the sauce ingredients into a high speed blender, and blend on high for a few minutes until the sauce has a thick consistency.
- Transfer the sauce to a small pot and let simmer on low for 20 minutes until the tofu is finished.
- Serve over your favorite protein and rice/grain.
This sounds amazing! I’ll have to give this a try once I harvest some more rhubarb! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great, let me know if you end up trying it – the flavor is really incredible!