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This Sesame Ginger Tempeh Stir Fry Recipe is one of the most popular recipes on my blog! It’s an easy vegan stir fry that’s simple to make and SO DELICIOUS! Even my meat loving husband enjoys this dish!
Please tell me that you’ve tried tempeh before? PLEASE!
If not, then you’ve come to the right place because this tempeh stir fry is seriously SO so good! But I’m a little biased because I happen to think that tempeh is THE most underrated vegetarian protein source out there. Seriously so good.
Tempeh is SO GOOD that I created a whole roundup of my favorite tempeh recipes and even have a whole post on Tempeh 101. Check em out!
I’ve also been oddly VERY obsessed with green beans the past month. I feel like there must be some nutrient in green beans that I’m currently deficient in. Alternatively, green beans are just really tasty and I should stop questioning my taste buds :)
As per usual around here, this dinner is EASY and fast. The vegan stir fry sauce is blended together in a blender. The tempeh is cubed. And if you’re me, the green beans are pre-trimmed and the carrots are simple sticks from a bag. Because sometimes (pretty much all of the time), dinner needs to be EASY (or else it might turn into a bag of ramen).
Oh, and the rice! The rice is cooked in the Instant Pot because I have a serious love for basmati rice and basically eat it for every meal. Also- I jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon about a year ago and have never looked back. I will never cook rice or other grains on the stove top again!
OH and speaking of making dinner as quick and easy as possible: I’ve recently started using these little tubes of ginger and garlic (as well as some lemongrass and some others).
I’ve always been a bit of snob when it comes to spices and other flavoring. I keep tons of garlic and ginger in the house at all times and before recently would never put garlic in my food that wasn’t completely fresh. HOWEVER, I have a baby now which means that somehow my days got much shorter and I just don’t (always) have time to mince that garlic and ginger. Plus, this pre-ground/ chopped stuff is actually really good!
I’m just all about easy these days.
See how to make this tempeh stir fry here:
Sesame Ginger Tempeh Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 8 ounces tempeh, cubed into bite sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons ginger paste, sub for grated ginger
- 2 tablespoons garlic paste, sub for 3 cloves of minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce or coconut aminos
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon nut butter
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups green beans, ends trimmed
- 2 cups carrots, thinly sliced (or baby carrots)
Instructions
- In a blender, combine the sauce ingredients: ginger, garlic, sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, maple syrup, cornstarch, and nut butter. The sauce can also be whisked together in a bowl but I find the blender much easier.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add in the tempeh and cook for about 8 minutes, flipping every few minutes so that all sides are browned. Turn the heat to low and toss in 2 tablespoons of the sauce and continue to cook until the tempeh is fully coated in the sauce and it has started to caramelize a bit. Remove to a clean plate and return skillet to the heat.
- Turn the heat back to medium, and add in the remaining tablespoon of olive oil and toss together the green beans and the carrots in the skillet. Cook for about 5 minutes. Add in a few tablespoons of water and place a lid on the skillet to steam the veggies a bit until tender. About another 5 minutes. Remove the lid and take out any excess water.
- Pour in the remaining sauce as well as the tempeh. Toss to coat everything and continue to cook until sauce thickens and everything is nicely coated in the sauce. Cook about 2-3 more minutes.
- Serve over rice or quinoa and ENJOY!! Also great on its own!
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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How many servings does this recipe make?
It serves 2 medium-large servings or 3-4 smaller portions
Delicious! But 3 garlic cloves is probably too much for one serving, I only used about 1 1/2 and it was just fine
haha I do really love garlic and I’m always worried it’s not enough :) SO glad that you liked it!
This is really tasty and easy to put together. We’ve had it about 4 times and I’ve always used peanut butter for the sauce. I would like to also try it with almond butter. Also, I’ve always used fresh ginger and fresh garlic in the sauce instead of the paste in a tube. The last time we had this we also had a small amount of broccoli that was uncooked and was going to go to waste so I also included that. One of my daughters is vegan and the other will eat almost anything. Both like this recipe. Everyone I’ve served this to has liked it.
This turned out really well. I didn’t have any green beans so I used spinach, red bells pepper and carrots. I substituted the Corn flour with Arrowroot and served with cauliflower rice . This will definitely be a go to recipe.
Super easy to make! Delicious!
I used broccolini, carrot, green beans and mushroom
and substituted corn starch for arrowroot powder, rice malt syrup instead of maple syrup and tamari instead of soy sauce. SO delicious, will make again!
also used fresh ginger and fresh garlic, made it extra tasty
Not a great texture. I followed the recipe but my sauce turned out thick and gluggy. Will need to make again to see where I went wrong.
sorry about that! You can try leaving out the cornstarch so the sauce won’t be as thick and then just whisk a little in if you end up wanting it thicker
I served with rice noodles. Delicious easy and healthy! Five stars!
Very tasty introduction to Tempeh.
What can you use instead of maple syrup? I’m all out but wanting to try this tonight !
agave is a good sub :)
This was incredible! Thank you for the recipe. I used baked tofu instead, so full of flavor. Peanut sauce was addictive! Added cilantro and lime. Delish! Leftovers in microwave better the next day!
YAY! So glad that you liked it! This is def one of my favorites on the blog!