I ate some plantains on vacation. A lot of plantains.
Now that we are back home, I am recreating some of the flavors I enjoyed last month. I have some fun recipe ideas I cannot wait to share.
I’ve never really been a fan of scrambled eggs. Honestly, I’ve not been a big fan of eggs in general. Eggs were one of those things that if I thought about them too much, I couldn’t eat them.
I’ve been loving scrambles lately, though, and these are egg free! Tofu scrambles are nothing new, I know. This one is just so good that I keep making it. I have made it three times in the last week. Once I used a whole block of tofu, doubling the recipe, snacking on leftovers throughout the day.
Wrapping it in a warm corn tortilla blanket.
cuban breakfast scramble
vegan, gluten free
serves two
1/2 package extra firm tofu, drained and pressed
1 tablespoon tahini
1 teaspoon soy sauce (organic tamari gluten free)
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 cup cooked black beans
1 plantain, sliced
1 small sweet potato, baked
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup cooked brown rice
1 tablespoon butter (Earth Balance)
Crumble tofu into bite size pieces with a fork (or hands). Combine tahini, soy sauce and cumin, mix into tofu and set aside to marinate. Prep remaining ingredients – slice sweet potato and plantain. In skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add tofu, plantain, sweet potato and garlic, saute until garlic has softened. Add black beans, cooked rice and marinated tofu crumbles, combine and cook through.
Serve immediately – as is or wrapped in a corn tortilla. Top with your choice of hot sauce to add some spicy to this sweet and savory dish.
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I’ve never had plantains. This looks fantastic. What a great breakfast to start the day – or even lunch!
yes, I’ve been having it for lunch too…
looks wonderful! it is weird as I can not stand tofu but eggs yes please. even when I was vegan I could not stand tofu. but that just means more for everyone else
I’m sure this would be great with eggs – just add the tahini, soy sauce and cumin right to the eggs?
I love tofu scramble. Especially wrapped into a breakfast burrito.
hi Shannon! I’ve been enjoying this in a corn tortilla, taco style, but a burrito sounds REALLY good!
I’ve been seeing so many hashes and scrambles recently, I really need to make one for breakfast soon. It might get me out of the “staring at the pantry for 15 mins” in the morning rut.
haa! staring at the pantry… I do this a lot (and *sigh* I need to organize it…) scrambles are so good – but you might still be in front of the pantry, or the fridge, looking for fun ingredients to add!
Tofu scrambles are the best! I’ve never thought to add tahini, but I bet it was awesome with the plantains!
I love tahiini and feel like I add it to anything! it gives a good flavor to this, yes!
Oh that looks great! Mr is kinda an egg guy do I’ll probably do that instead if the tofu. I love the combination of the sweet and spicy. The pics from your trip so far are fabulous!
I am loving spicy more and more – a few years ago spicy to me was buffalo sauce
eggs would work in this too – I suppose you could mix them with the tahini / soy / cumin?
This looks awesome. I grew plantains when I lived in Texas. They didn’t grow that well, but I tried.
Can’t wait to see what else you have coming out!
you grew them – that is great! I imagine they’d be temperamental, even in the heat of Texas.
I LOVE plantains, but I never buy them because I don’t know what to do with them other than fry them or make the one stew recipe I have that involves plantains–I hope there are even more plantain recipes on their way. This one looks great–but I’ll never say no to a good tofu scramble.
ooh, Allie, I will have more plantain ideas!
I’d love to see your stew!
Last year, I was training to enter a Miss Bikini competition and I had to eat 3 boiled eggs a day. I had a picture of this giant bowl filled with eggs that lasted me only a week–gross. Needless to say, this did not last long because I was so grossed out from it. I haven’t eaten an egg since then
So I hear you on not being into eggs…
I’m thinking a crumble of your tamales from the other day into this scramble would be delightful! xo
people used to make fun of me when I did eat eggs – I would have to take a fork and remove the white part, YICK. seriously don’t know how I ate them after that – before I knew of the horrors animals go through, my reasons for eating veg were purely because meat etcetera grosses me out
I cannot imagine eating that many eggs a day!
Oooooo yes, plantains rock the hizzy. I love eggs super big time, and I can just imagine the slight sweetness of the plantains (I keep typing plaintains for some reason) and the sweet potatoes against the savory deliciousness of some scrambled eggs… or even better, sunny side up eggs with runny yolks MMMMMMMMM
rock the hizzy indeed.
I KEEP TYPING PLAINTAINS TOO!
I’d take deportation for this. I’m going to whip this up for the hus. Flavor packed! The sweet potato does it for me.
it IS flavor packed, you bet! hope you guys like!
Wow – this looks amazing. And I LOVE me some tofu scrambles – thanks for sharing!!
thank you and you’re welcome!
I have been eating this almost daily… breakfast or lunch!
Sounds like a perfect warm meal for winter days to me and with great flavor. Bringing the vacation back home with you, so to speak
extending the vacation as long as I can!
I LOVE platains (we call them platanos or maduros)! They’re so sweet and delicious, I don’t buy them because I usually fry them up and eat way too many. Seriously, way too many.
I love a savory breakfast bowl! I’ve been eating a lot of tofu lately but I’ve set to scramble it. I’ve got 3/4 of the ingredients in this delicious recipe in my pantry already so I think it’s time for me to give it a try! I’ll let you know how it turns out!
please do, Molly! enjoy! XO
delicious combo! as an egg-eater these days, I would love to try this recipe with eggs. I’ve been in a sweet potato phase. Usually lasts a month or more.
then you must try this – I’m thinking you could mix the tahini, etcetera right into the eggs…
That looks really good. We do scrambled eggs with salsa and black beans for breakfast. It’s filling and delicious!
I used to do that a lot – really good!
Hello, Spabettie! I am *loving* your website. Question: I am trying to slowly convert from vegetarianism to veganism – do you think that tofu really replaces eggs, flavor wise? What is your experience? I’ve tried it multiple times, but I just have a really hard time with it. I need to buck up and be a little more creative… but, your thoughts on tofu?
hello Anne! does tofu replace egg flavor? honestly, no. but it can come close, I think. texture wise, at least with a scramble, it’s pretty close. I never ate scrambled eggs alone, without other ingredients anyway, so if I make a tofu scramble in a similar way, it works. Most often when I was making an egg scramble, I started by sauteing some onions, peppers, mushrooms. I think I’m okay with it because I didn’t really like eggs all that much to begin with – someone who loves eggs will definitely have a more difficult time, if they are looking to replace flavors.
like me with cheese.
good luck!
Thank you! I also have trouble with cheese…. may end up trying out some of the vegan varieties on the market. Will be trying this tofu scramble over the weekend!
I hope you like it, Anne – you’ll have to let me know. and cheese… *sigh* good luck with that one, it is tough. I’m not a fan of Daiya, although many are (the pepper jack flavor is okay). my favorite is Follow Your Heart brand, and I also like SoyaKaas – but beware of theirs – they only have TWO that are vegan, the others are not. but they are good – some of the best I’ve had. I do miss cheese
If you want tofu to taste a bit more ‘egg like’ you could try black salt (or kala namak)- you should be able to find it in a South East Asian food shop/website, or maybe some supermarkets? Just a small amount should give that sulphurous and ammonia-like notes to the tofu which give eggs their characteristic flavour. For this reason alone, I avoid black salt!
Love this combination. I so have been wanting to experiment with something like this. Do you think it will work with my carton of eggs?
Now I need to go plantain shopping. LOVE this (just had to say it again)!!!
Looks like a fabulously delicious way to start the day! YUM!
thank you, Liz! it definitely keeps me going!
Oh I LOVE scrambles! Eggs and tofu (sadly tofu does not like me). This flavor combination sounds amazing! I love reliving places through remaking foods! This looks delicious!
Jason and I keep saying we want to go back (seems to happen as it gets dark, cold or rainy…) and until we figure out how we can telecommute (this was an actual conversation!) I will make foods that remind us…
Haha, yeah, we try to telecommute back to Paris often and through food is really the only way to do that. I miss it so badly!
Oh my heavens…this looks amazing!! Anything that has so much flavor for breakfast makes my heart beat a bit faster…I like it! I will try it with eggs since I’m eating them right now and I don’t like the ‘fo
xxoo
yes, Kris, please do! let me know how you like it! XXO!
Oh I love this! My husband and I were dining at Whole Foods for lunch the other day (love the salad bar!) and I had a roasted plantain in my salad. I was talking about wanting to come up with an idea for a meal inspired by a Cuban sandwich. Your idea is awesome! I’m still going to try to think of something though… I’m thinking soup… we’ll see.
ooh, can’t wait to see what you do!! I always add the plantains to my WF salads!
This sounds so good – plantains with sweet potatoes and black beans sounds like the perfect combination! I love plantains but I can never seem to think of ways to use them, other than just frying them.
thank you, Genevieve! I love this combination, even without the scramble I do this in my quinoa bowls or salads… love the plantains!
Very interesting combo of ingredients!
This is so good, great flavors, Kris!
thanks, darlin!
what’s up buttercup? and more importantly, can the hound and I come visit, for breakfast of EXACTLY THIS and a walk with you + B-dog?
I love this idea – the flavors sound great and I can’t wait to try the fu!
I made this with bananas could not find plantains LOL turned out great I love it!
my new favorite breakfast too!! thanks Kristine, I make this at least once a week!
thanks for telling me, Alisha! I love hearing one of mine is a regular thing in someones kitchen – YAY! and Mmm, you picked a good one!
we just had this for breakfast, now I need an excuse to throw a brunch party, this awesomeness needs to be seen by everybody! thank you!
made for breakfast today, had leftovers for lunch, very good!
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