Fried rice with snow peas and cashews (vegan)

Today I would like to introduce you to one of my favorite (almost) one-pot dishes: fried rice with vegetables and a soy-peanut sauce.

Rice works with almost everything: whether it's Mediterranean, Oriental or Asian – everyone can get a taste for it. In addition, rice is also very healthy. It contains little fat, but contains valuable complex carbohydrates. In addition, important fiber ensures healthy digestion and minerals such as iron, magnesium and zinc promote metabolism and relieve the strain on the cardiovascular system.

What I particularly like about this Asian-inspired recipe is that, despite the relatively few ingredients, the dish tastes nice and spicy and not boring. If you like it nutty, you'll get your money's worth here. The fact that the rice is fried is a nice change from the standard boiled version.

This vegan rice pan impresses not only with the fresh vegetables peppers, zucchini and sugar snap peas. Cashews add a certain crunch and a nice, nutty aroma, which is rounded off by the peanut soy sauce. Therefore, fried rice like this is not only ideal for lunch or dinner, but is also a great meal prep dish!

Ingredients for 2 servings

½ red pepper

150g rice

½ zucchini

50g Sugar snap peas

3 Garlic cloves

4 tbsp soy sauce

1 tbsp Peanut butter

60g Cashews (with or without salt)

1 tbsp sesame

2 tbsp neutral cooking oil (or coconut oil)

Salt and pepper

Tools: cutting board and knife, pan, cooking pot

preparation

1. First cook the rice in boiling salted water.
2. Then cut the peppers and zucchini into pieces and roughly chop the garlic. Wash the sugar snap peas.
3. Fry the garlic in oil in a pan and then add the peppers and zucchini. Cook for 10 minutes.
4. Mix soy sauce with the peanut butter. Then add the sauce to the pan with the rice, snow peas and cashews. Add sesame seeds. Simmer for another 10 minutes.
5. Season with pepper and salt to taste and serve immediately.

Preparation time: approx. 30 minutes

Nutritional values ​​per serving: 434 kcal | 37.8g carbohydrates | 16.9 g protein | 23.8g fat

Have fun trying it out!

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