Spicy Mango Rice Bowl with Tofu or Chicken

May 13, 2012 by Leanne Vogel December 3, 2015

Thick, sweet, and spicy mango sauce, surrounded with baked tofu, snow peas and coconut rice.

Ingredients

Spicy Mango Sauce

• 3/4 cup organic apple juice
• 1 mango, pit removed
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup coconut water vinegar or apple cider vinegar
• 1/4 cup sunflower oil
• 1/4 cup sugar free ketchup
• 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice – see note
• 2 tablespoon braggs liquid aminos or soy sauce
• 1-2 jalapenos – depends how spicy you want it!
• 1/4 teaspoon Himalayan rock salt
• 1/2 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 3 tablespoon filtered water
• 1.5 tablespoon arrowroot powder or 1 tablespoon corn starch

Veggies + Protein

• 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken, sliced into 1/2-inch thick strips or 2 blocks of GMO free firm tofu, pressed and cut into slices
• 4 medium onions , diced
• 3 cups snow peas
• 2 red peppers, diced small
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil

High Protein Rice Mix

• 4.5 cups water
• 1.5 cups brown basmati rice
• 1/2 cup red/white quinoa
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin coconut oil

Instructions

To make the sauce

1. Add all ingredients but cilantro, water, and arrowroot in a blender and process until smooth. Transfer to a medium sized saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and cook for 20minutes. Meanwhile, combine water and arrowroot in a small bowl. Once simmering is complete, add arrowroot mixture and whisk. Cook for 1 minute. Add chopped cilantro and cook for an additional 30 seconds. Remove from heat and set aside.

To make protein

1. preheat oven to 375F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper for chicken, or oil for tofu. If you’re cooking a bit of both, you can separate the sheet with a foil wall. Coat the tofu pieces in the mango sauce and bake chicken/tofu for 30-40 minutes until tofu is browning at the corners and/or chicken is cooked through with no pink.

To make veggies

1. Add coconut oil and onions to a large frying pan [I used cast iron]. Allow to cook for 3 minutes before adding remaining ingredients + 1/3 cup mango sauce. Cook for 1-2 minutes.

For the rice mix

1. Add all ingredients to a rice cooker or large saucepan and cook until soft [about 30 minutes]
2. Throw it all together, pour some mango sauce on top, and you have yourself a delicious dinner!

Notes

I just used half a grapefruit and squeezed the juice out of it like you would a lemon. I couldn’t find any store bought juice that didn’t have glucose in it, and I was too lazy to take out my juicer.

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