Gado Gado

Name: Gado Gado
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams broccoli, thick stems removed, tops cut into small florets (about 1 quart); 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 8 carrots, cut diagonally into 1-inch chunks; 2 cucumbers, peeled, halved lengthwise, seeded, and cut into 1/2-inch strips; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 454 grams green beans; 59 milliliters lemon juice (from about 1 lemon); 118 milliliters peanut butter; 907 grams boiling potatoes (about 6), peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks; 1 teaspoons red-pepper flakes; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 scallions including green tops, chopped; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 237 milliliters hot water

Gado Gado

Need a gluten free and vegan main course? Gado Gado could be a super recipe to try. This recipe covers 46% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 22g of protein, 18g of fat, and a total of 485 calories. This recipe serves 4. If you have cucumbers, potatoes, peanut butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring two medium saucepans of salted water to a boil.

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Add the potatoes to one of the pans and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.

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Potato

Remove with a slotted spoon and drain well. Meanwhile, cook the green beans in the other pan until tender, about 4 minutes.

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Green Beans

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Remove with a slotted spoon and drain well. As a pan becomes available, cook the carrots and broccoli, separately, until just tender, about 4 minutes each.

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Broccoli

Carrot

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Drain the vegetables well.

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Meanwhile, puree the peanut butter, garlic, red-pepper flakes, brown sugar, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt, and hot water in a blender. Put one of the empty saucepans over moderately low heat.

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Brown Sugar

Lemon Juice

Soy Sauce

Garlic

Pepper

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Salt

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Pour the sauce into the pan and warm through. Stir in the scallions and cilantro.

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Green Onions

Cilantro

Sauce

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Pour a little sauce on one large platter or individual plates. Arrange all the vegetables in small piles over the sauce.

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Sprinkle with the seeds or nuts and serve with the remaining sauce.

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Wine Recommendation: Riesling and Asian food go together like Romeo and Juliet. Did you know that great rieslings are made in Australia's Clare Valley? Some are now being imported into the U.S., and this would be a great time to try one.

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Riesling