Vegan Spicy Szechuan Orange Beef & Wide Rice Noodles

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So – the other day I found this amazing new beef replacement at Silom Thai Market. If you live in LA & you want something that will fool folks they are eating sliced steak – RUN to Silom & go to the center freezer aisle in the middle of the store. Dig around the freezer-burned packages in the cardboard boxes & find this stuff below.

It is SO convincing – once you load it with yummy flavors like this Szechuan dish. I served this beef over wide rice noodles (above) that I buy fresh at Bangluck Thai Market. The two stores are only a few blocks apart in Thai Town & both have their treasures & are worth adventuring into. If you don’t want or can’t find noodles – rice or whatever will do just as nicely. This cooks up in just a few minutes & the ingredients are not exotic. It is a great entry-level Chinese dish.

Vegan Spicy Szechuan Orange Beef & Wide Rice Noodles

Serves 2

Sesame oil

7 or more ounces vegan beef

12 ounces cooked wide rice noodles (or pasta or cooked rice)

1/2 red bell pepper – sliced into thin strips

2 jalapenos – diced (optional)

1/4 onion – diced

1 cup orange or tangerine juice (I freeze juices in 1 cup quantities for future use in recipes)

2 dry red chilies – split (these add a lot of heat & should not be eaten when the dish is finished)

1 TBS liquid aminos (or soy sauce or tamari)

1 tsp Szechuan pepper corns (anise) – crushed in a mortar & pestle or pre-ground

2 TBS hoisin sauce

2 TBS dark soy sauce

2 TBS sambal oelek

1 tsp agave nectar

3 garlic cloves – minced

1 TBS minced fresh ginger

GARNISH – sesame seeds & sliced scallions

DIRECTIONS

Sear the beef in a TBS or two of sesame oil. Set aside.

In the same pan, heat another 1 -2 tsp sesame oil & saute the red bell pepper, onion & jalapenos.

Then add the juice, Szechuan pepper, hoisin, sambal oelek, dary soy, liquid aminos, ginger, garlic, and agave. Heat on high until it thickens a bit. Add the meat and noodles – if you are using them. When the ingredients are well combined & warmed through – serve with sesame seeds & scallion slices.