Recipe: Miso Stir-Fry Sauce & 3 Ways to Use It With Your Tovala

Consider this post the antidote to your weeknight, “Man, I want takeout!” blues.

Step one? Make a sauce that brings big flavor. We’re sharing a recipe for our Miso Stir-Fry Sauce in this post, but any sauce recipe you love works just as well!

Step two? Use the Tovala App’s built-in recipes to cut down on the dinnertime scramble.

Our Chief Culinary Officer describes this Miso Stir-Fry Sauce as “the definition of umami.” It’s a really exciting balance of salty, savory, and sweet with a little heat to finish it off. When you make it, you’ll smell the bright sesame oil, earthy red miso paste, and enticing notes of sweet chili sauce.

The recipe below makes about 1 cup of Miso Stir-Fry Sauce.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of red miso paste
• 1 teaspoon of minced ginger
• 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar
• ¼ cup of sweet chili sauce
• 1 teaspoon of sambal
• 1 teaspoon of minced garlic (or 1 clove of fresh garlic, minced)
• 1 teaspoon of lime juice
• ¼ teaspoon of sesame seeds

Preparation

1. Using a whisk, mix everything together in a bowl until evenly incorporated. That’s it!

Try using this Miso Stir-Fry Sauce with these three in-app recipes:

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1. Chicken Breasts

Place chicken breasts on your Tovala’s sheet tray, pour over the Miso Stir-Fry Sauce, and then just press “Cook it!” under the Chicken Breast recipe for juicy, dreamy results. Use 2 tablespoons of sauce per 6 oz chicken breast.

Perfect as…

• Part of a well-rounded plate that also include grains and veggies
• The star of a fresh, green salad
• The meat on a Vietnamese banh-mi-inspired sandwich—put your chicken on a toasted roll with wasabi mayo and pickled veggies

2. Salmon

Use it as a glaze for salmon filets. Pour it over your salmon before you cook it, and then press “Cook it!” under the app’s Roasted Salmon recipe. Use 2 tablespoons of sauce per 6 oz salmon filet.

Perfect as…

• Part of a well-rounded plate that also include grains and veggies
• The star of a fresh, green salad
• The protein in a grain bowl—we recommend it with brown rice, sliced cucumber, avocado, and a sprinkling of sesame seeds on top

3. Broccoli

While we have the utmost enthusiasm for stir-fry in a wok, an equally tasty and less labor intensive alternative is tossing your broccoli in a bowl with our Miso Stir-Fry Sauce before roasting. Then, press “Cook it!” under the app’s Roasted Broccoli recipe. Use ¼ cup of sauce for every 3 cups of broccoli.

Perfect as…

• The side to any protein
• Part of a vegetarian “stir-fry”—just add cubed tofu to a bowl with your broccoli florets, coat everything in the Miso Stir-Fry Sauce, and then cook them in your Tovala on the sheet tray!

Try these three suggestions above, or use this sauce with any of the other recipes we’ve built into the Tovala App! We’re talking Asian-inspired chicken wings, brussels sprouts, shrimp, carrots, and more.

Hopefully it simplifies dinner for you, with delicious results! And let us know how dinner turns out by tagging us with #RethinkHomeCooking.