A delicious dish based on the All-American favorite restaurant Applebee's. This dish features delicious cajun spiced blackened tempeh served over a cool, crisp salad with a signature creamy dressing.
Tempeh can be a little tricky when you first start to prepare it. It does not have any flavor of its own and so if it is not properly marinated or flavored you can end up with a pretty flavorless dish. If you are not going to marinate the tempeh, boil it for about 10 minutes prior to adding it to any casserole, soup or other recipe to reduce the bitterness.
The marinade possibilities for tempeh are endless. You can prepare thai, italian, chinese, cajun, mexican marinades to accent any dish you are preparing. Tempeh works beautifully ground for burgers, cut in squares for kabobs, strips for tempeh bacon, or crumbled for sausage. Don't be afraid to experiment with tempeh.
Tempeh sausage flavors include: liquid smoke, garlic, onion, nutritional yeast, tamari and sage. You can add a little heat if you like with red pepper flakes
Tempeh bacon: add a little natural food coloring such as beet juice or turmeric, nutritional yeast, garlic, tamari, liquid smoke, olive oil, sage, thyme, parsley, rosemary, salt.
Tempeh is a traditional food from Indonesia. It is made by naturally culturing soybeans through a controlled fermentation process. The soybeans used in tempeh are soaked prior to fermentation. The process of making tempeh increases the nutritional value of the soybeans. Tempeh is sold in many varieties, including multi-grain with flax, barley, spelt and other grains.
I am considering changing the format of the blog.....
There are some exciting changes coming that I will announce in the next few months. I have been working on a new project that I think you will all enjoy!
I have had less time to work on the blog recently and I have found that readership has dropped significantly due to my decrease in posting.
I am considering only posting photos of the recipes along with articles and cooking tips.
I will only continue to post recipes if there is enough interest in me doing so.
Instead of posting the whole blackened tempeh salad recipe I will explain how to marinate and cook tempeh.
Marinating and Cooking Tempeh
1 package tempeh
**There are many varieties of tempeh, but the only gluten free ones are the original.
Slice the tempeh in half and then slice each half of the tempeh block in half lengthwise. Then slice it into triangle pieces. This is a very nice, fancy cut but you can cut them in squares or other shapes as you prefer.
Basic Marinade:
**You can use any marinade recipe that you like.
Mix themarinade in a large bowl and then put the tempeh in the bowl and let marinateat least 30 minutes.
When the tempeh is done marinating, heat a skillet over highheat. Rub the cajun spice blend on eachslice of tempeh so it is well coated. Pour in 1/3 of the marinade into skillet and 1 tsp. olive oil [opt] Brown the tempeh on one side, then turn andbrown on the other side. Add marinade asneeded during cooking to prevent burning.
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