Vegan Recipe 7

Of all the recipes I have tried so far this one and the Japanese pizza are my faves! This one tastes like you went to a fancy chinese restaurant and ordered this yummy concoction!! mmm.

Pineapple Rice

Ingredients:
1/3 c olive oil
2t toasted sesame oil
1/4 c (fresh or canned) pineapple juice
1 garlic clove
1/4 t red pepper flakes
2 Tb soy sauce
1 c pineapple, cut into chunks (I had canned already so I used that)
2t fresh grated ginger
1/4t fine grain sea salt

4 handfuls lettuce (your choice)

2 1/2 c cooked brwn rice
4 grn onions, thinly sliced
3 shallots, peeled and thinly sliced
1 c cashews, toasted (again I didn't) and chopped
1/2 small serrano chile, seeded deveined and minced (optional but i ^ the spice)
4 oz seitan*
*Footnote:(seitan is a hard to find item, I only found it at Whole Foods. I did not use it because I had some defrosted ground turkey that was needing to be cooked, plus men like my hubby would much rather have meat than tofu or seitan so I sacrificed and used the ground turkey. It worked great and is still a healthy choice. I just cooked it through in a seperate pan and seasoned with pepper.)

Start by making the dressing. Combine the oil, sesame oil, pineapple juic, garlic, red pepper flakes, soy sauce, pineapple, ginger, and salt in a blender. Puree till smooth. Transfer to a small saucepan, and gently warm.

In a lg bowl toss the lettuce with a generous splash of the dressing and arrange it on the plate as a bed for the rice.

Now you can serve the rice portion either room temp or hot- I choice the hot version and it was delicious! For hot combine the rice, most of the onions, shallots, cashews, and serrano chile, and seitan (or whatever your protein choice may be). Add about 1/2 the dressing and toss well, saute in the pan until heated through. Tatse and add more dressing if desired. Spoon rice over the greens and finish with any remaining onions or cashews. For the room temp version you would simply combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss rather than heating it in the pan.

*A few things I would personally do differently add less onion, I can only take so much the combo of the grn and shallots was pretty powerful. Plus I think it would also help to brwn the shallots before hand, NOT a raw onion fan at all!*
Other than that I LOVED this recipe the dressing is so yummy and I cut up my lettuce to mix in and eat with the rice, it was like a hot salad mmmmmm.

Let me know if youve tried any of these vegan recipes and what you thought?
What was your favorite? Do you have a tried and true yummy vegan recipe, I would love to hear it! comment me ^