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Terri's Baked Tempeh - How to Cook Tempeh

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Updated January 20, 2008

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This is Terri's method for making tempeh. It mellows out the flavor, which makes it compatible with a variety of sauces and marinades. What is tempeh?

Ingredients:

  • Tempeh

Preparation:

Nutritional Information: Each cup (about 166 grams, about 6 oz) of tempeh contains 8 grams of effective carbohydrate plus 8 grams fiber, 31 grams protein, and 320 calories.

Terri's directions:"Put the tempeh on a lightly oiled baking dish and pour a little tamari/soy sauce on the top surface and spread it around. Put it in the oven at about 300 degrees for about 15 minutes. Then turn it over and put some tamari/soy sauce on the other surface, and bake it for another 15 minutes. This takes any sharpness out of the tempeh. Then dice the tempeh up small and stir-fry it alone until it gets a bit crispy, before adding any of the vegetables."

Terri especially recommends her peanut sauce with tempeh - see directions on that recipe.

User Reviews

 3 out of 5
ok recipe, Guest pjh139psu

Frankly I find it much easier to steam or nuke the tempeh then prepare the way I choose. Tempeh varies because it isn't all from the same ingredients and I prefer wild rice or a grain mix. This worked well with the soy. I didn't care for it with other recipes. If you don't use honey simply use Agave in place of it. And to answer the other review: Not all Vegans don't eat honey. This is a strong issue. Some Vegetarians do not eat honey either. It is individual choice. When I worked as a recipe reviewer on a major recipe site we decided simply that if the recipe contained honey we would include it in vegetarian but not vegan as a way of compromise. There is no hard fast rule like the real one for Vegetarians do not eat fish.

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