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Vegan Char Siu Bowls Over Pineapple-Cilantro Rice

Asian-fusion rice bowls topped with your choice of chair siu mushrooms or jackfruit.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian, Fusion
Mushroom Cook Time (If using jackfruit, check Char Siu Jackfruit recipe for cooking time.) 10 minutes
Servings 4
Author Tiffani Wells

Ingredients

If using Jackfruit…

  • 1 batch Char Siu Jackfruit This will most likely produce more than four servings. Leftovers are delicious as tacos or for making onigiri.

If using mushrooms…

  • 1/2 cup ”chicken”-flavored vegetable broth or sub regular vegetable broth
  • 2 Lbs Crimini (Baby Bella) Mushrooms *or sub shredded King Oyster Mushrooms for a meat-like texture
  • 1/2 cup hoisin sauce ensure gluten-free
  • 1/2 cup agave syrup
  • 1/4 cup gluten-free tamari or soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup ketchup
  • 4 tsp minced ginger
  • 2 tsp minced garlic
  • 2 tsp Chinese Five Spice
  • 2 tsp tapioca starch

Everything else…

  • 1 batch Rice Cooker Pineapple-Cilantro Rice
  • 1 batch Ginger-Pickled Cabbage
  • 2 small carrots, shredded
  • fresh cilantro for garnish
  • 1 Tbsp toast sesame seeds (optional) for garnish

Extra char siu sauce for drizzling (optional)…

  • 2 Tbsp hoisin sauce ensure gluten-free
  • 2 Tbsp agave syrup
  • 1 Tbsp gluten-free tamari or soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp ketchup
  • 1 tsp minced ginger
  • 1/2 tsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 tsp Chinese Five Spice

Instructions

If extra sauce is desired for drizzling:

  • Whisk together sauce ingredients and add to a condiment squeeze bottle for distribution.

Pick mushrooms or jackfruit. If using mushrooms, follow the below instructions. For jackfruit, prepare and proceed to assembly:

  • Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot, add the vegetable broth and mushrooms. Cover the skillet with a lid, turn down the heat, and sweat mushrooms for five minutes.
  • While the mushrooms are cooking, whisk together the remaining ingredients to make the sauce.
  • After five minutes, remove the lid and stir the sauce into the skillet. Turn heat back to medium and sauté until the mushrooms are soft and the sauce has thickened.

Bowl assembly:

  • Add a portion of Rice Cooker Pineapple-Cilantro Rice to the bottom of four bowls.
  • Top rice with prepared mushrooms or jackfruit, Ginger-Pickled Cabbage, shredded carrots, cilantro, and the saved green onion greens (from making the rice). If desired, drizzle with extra char siu sauce and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

Notes

*If you choose to make this recipe using shredded King Oyster Mushrooms, I suggest you sweat the mushrooms an extra 15 minutes to add tenderness.