This delicious vegetarian dish can be made quickly by cooking the lentils and brown rice the night before!
How To Make Lentils and Brown Rice with Tofu
This simple brown rice recipe can be easily made with cooked brown rice and lentils from the night before. It's a healthy vegetarian meal which makes for a flavorful lunch.
Prep:
10 mins
Cook:
10 mins
Total:
20 mins
Ingredients
- 1 tsp. olive oil
- 1 cup onion, frozen chopped
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, frozen chopped
- 4 oz. firm tofu, pressed and cut into into 1-inch cubes
- 1/2 cup lentils, cooked
- 1/2 cup brown rice, cooked
- 1 tbsp. reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 fresh lime, juice
Instructions
- In a heavy-bottomed skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and bell pepper.
- Cook, stirring, until onion is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
- Add tofu and continue to stir-fry for another 2 minutes, until tofu is lightly browned.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook, stirring gently, for another 2 to 3 minutes, until lentils and rice are heated through.
Nutrition
- Sugar: 6g
- :
- Calcium: 116mg
- Calories: 339kcal
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fat: 6g
- Fiber: 18g
- Iron: 5mg
- Potassium: 679mg
- Protein: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Sodium: 256mg
- Vitamin A: 138IU
- Vitamin C: 40mg
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