vegan thai red curry mac & cheese | hot for food by Lauren Toyota

source: https://www.hotforfoodblog.com/recipes/2018/02/22/vegan-thai-red-curry-mac-cheese/

Do you love thai food and mac & cheese… of course you do! And I don’t think you’ve had enough hot for food mac & cheese. That is the truth! That’s why I’m sharing this vegan thai red curry mac & cheese recipe with you. I’ve taken the bacon mac & cheese recipe from my new cookbook, Vegan Comfort Classics: 101 Recipes to Feed Your Face, and did a little makeover on it to make 2 new tasty versions. This one includes those thai ingredients you love like crushed peanuts, curry paste and tasty “chicken” pieces! The second recipe is for pizza mac & cheese, and you can get the recipe for that here.

Watch the video below to see how easily this vegan thai red curry mac & cheese comes together!

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vegan thai red curry mac & cheese

Ingredients

Pasta & Mix ‘ins

3 C elbow macaroni2 pkgs vegan chicken pieces (340 g or approx. 2 cups)1 tbsp vegetable oilsea salt and ground black pepper, to taste2 C baby spinach1/2 C chopped fresh cilantro2 tbsp roughly chopped thai basil (optional if you can find it)

Topping

1/4 C bread crumbs1/4 C roasted peanuts, finely chopped or crushed2 tbsp nutritional yeast1 tsp garlic powder1 tsp chili powder1 tsp sea salt

Cheese Sauce

1 C raw cashews (soaked for 20 minutes in hot water)1 can (400 ml/13.5 oz) coconut milk (about 1 1/2 cups)1 C water1/3 C nutritional yeast3 tbsp tomato paste2 tbsp red curry paste (can add 1 more tbsp for hot)1 1/2 tbsp miso paste1 lime, juice and zest5 to 6 dried kaffir lime leaves2 tsp chili powder2 tsp garlic powder2 tsp onion powder2 tsp arrowroot flour1 tsp sea salt1/2 tsp white pepper (or ground black pepper)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.To cook the pasta, bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta until al dente. Drain, but do not rinse.To prepare the topping, combine the bread crumbs, peanuts, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, chili powder, and sea salt in a small bowl.To make the sauce, drain and rinse the cashews. Add to a high-powered blender with the remaining ingredients and blend on high until very smooth.Heat a 9-inch cast-iron pan over medium-hight heat and add the vegetable oil and chicken pieces. Brown for 5 to 6 minutes adding salt and pepper to taste, if necessary, until golden brown and crispy in most parts of the pieces of chicken.Then turn off the burner and add the pasta, sauce, spinach, cilantro, and thai basil to the pan and stir with the browned chicken until well coated and combined. What looks like an excess amount of sauce will thicken during baking!Sprinkle the bread crumb mixture evenly on top.Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.Remove the foil and bake on the top rack of the oven for 10 minutes until the top is golden brown and the sides are bubbling slightly. Depending on your oven and the distribution of heat, you might want to set the skillet under the broiler for 5 minutes to get the top crispier instead of continuing to bake at 350°F.

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