curry pineapple tempeh tacos

[StellaMi]

found this recipe and wanted to share.. its adapted from a vegetarian times recipe and can be turned lots of different ways to make it your own. a great use of the ends of your vegetables. plus tacos are oh-so-chic in the high culinary world, so.. vogue yourself up!

Ingredients
•   1 tablespoon sesame oil
•   ½ sweet onion, diced
•   ½ red onion, diced
•   8 oz tempeh, ½ inch cubes
•   ½ c unsweetened pineapple juice
•   2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
•   3 teaspoons curry powder
•   2 teaspoons grated ginger
•   1 tablespoon lime juice
•   1 tsp lime zest
•   ½ cup small diced red bell pepper
•   ½ cup mustard greens, finely chopped
•   ¼ avocado, small dice
•   2 tablespoons chopped peanuts (optional)
•   6 6-inch tortillas, warmed
Directions
•   Heat oil in a skillet. Add sweet onions and half the red onion and cook until softened.
•   Add tempeh, pineapple juice, cilantro, curry powder, and ginger. Cook five minutes, or until juice evaporates and tempeh starts to brown. Remove from heat.
•   Add in lime juice and zest and season with salt and pepper. Mix in the rest of the red onion, red bell pepper, and mustard greens.
•   Fill tortillas with mixture and top with avocado and chopped peanuts. Serve immediately.

[jodi f.]

Thanks for posting this. Sounds delicious and I'll be making it tonight. Not so sure about the digestive effect of mixing pineapple juice with tempeh, but I'll be sure to take extra digestive enzymes.

[jodi f.]

OK, I made this for 3 of us and everyone found the flavors and colors to be great. It was, however, pretty dry, especially inside a corn tortilla. I had made a naturally fermented tomato salsa that I ended up using on the finished product, and that helped immensely. I also subsequently ate the mixture w/o the tortillas. Aside from the dryness of the tortillas, they also have a grainy texture that didn't work for me with the crumbly texture of the tempeh, and the Asian flavors of the mixture didn't quite work with the corn. I think wrapping it in romaine leaves, or in Asian rice wrappers with romaine leaves, might work better. I'll definitely make the dish again, though. I found the bitterness that tempeh can sometimes have completely masked by the lime and spices.

[StellaMi]

wrapping in romaine! great idea... i had a similar prob with dryness.. ahhh the simple eludes again... thanks for suggesting!