Snow Pea, Cabbage, and Red Mizuna Salad with Marinated and Seared Tempeh
Gena Hamshaw
Photo by James Ransom
- Serves
- 4
This dish is all about contrast. Subtly spicy mizuna meets sweet, crispy snow peas, while earthy, salty tempeh is layered on top of cool, crispy greens. Serve either as an appetizer or as a meal.
Ingredients
Basic Marinated Tempeh
- 2 tablespoon apple cider or rice vinegar (apple cider is my preference)
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
- 2 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon grated or minced ginger root
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 8 ounce tempeh, sliced into thin strips (about 1/4 inch or a little less)
- 2 teaspoon coconut oil (optional, for frying)
Snow Pea, Cabbage, and Mizuna Salad with Miso Mustard Dressing
- 6 ounce snow peas, trimmed
- 2 cup red cabbage, shredded
- 1 cup carrot, shredded
- 2 cup mizuna
- 2 green onions, sliced thin
- 1/4 cup cilantro, diced
- 2 tablespoon mellow white miso
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
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Directions
Instructions
- Step 1
To prepare the tempeh, whisk together the vinegar, soy sauce or tamari, water, ginger, and sesame oil. Arrange tempeh in a large, shallow bowl (a small casserole will also work) and pour the marinade over the pieces. Allow them to marinate for 2-3 hours (or over the course of a day, refrigerated).
- Step 2
You can either bake or pan fry the tempeh. To fry, heat the coconut oil on a skillet pan or in a large frying pan over medium high heat. Cook each side for about four minutes, and serve hot. To bake, heat an oven to 375 degrees and bake them tempeh pieces for 25 minutes, flipping once through.
- Step 3
To prepare the salad, heat a small pot of water to a boil and boil the snow peas for about thirty seconds. Rinse under cold water and let them dry, then cut the peas in halves or thirds.
- Step 4
Mix all remaining salad ingredients.
- Step 5
To make the vinaigrette, blend the miso, mustard, lemon, oil, garlic, and syrup in a blender till smooth or whisk together briskly. Dress the salad to taste, and top with the seared tempeh.