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easy bulgur salad with peanut butter sauce

Easy Bulgur Salad with Peanut Sauce

This vegan bulgur salad is made with fresh fruit, veggies, nuts and bulgur. And it is served with a creamy peanut butter sauce - a yummy and simple way to eat healthy!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course dinner, lunch, Salad
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 
 

Bulgur Salad

  • 100 g bulgur
  • 200 ml water
  • ½ mango
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 spring onion / scallion
  • 50 g cashew nuts roasted and salted
  • 1 handful cilantro leaves (optional) or other herbs like fresh parsley

Peanut Sauce

  • ½ solo garlic about 8-10 g
  • 3 g yellow chili
  • 100 ml water
  • 100 ml vegan cooking cream e.g. cooking cream from oatly
  • 1 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 1 tbsp peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • a pinch of salt

Instructions
 

  • First, cook the bulgur by adding the bulgur and water to a small pot (with the lid on) and bringing it to a boil. Let it boil lightly on medium heat for about 15 minutes, or until all the water has been absorbed by the bulgur. Set to the side.
  • Now, make the peanut butter sauce. Finely chop the garlic and yellow chili. Then, add all of the ingredients for the sauce to a small pot. Heat it up on medium heat and let the sauce simmer lightly for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.
  • While the sauce is simmering, prep the remaining ingredients:
    Peel half a mango and cut it into cubes (about 2x2 cm).
    Cut the avocado into cubes (about 2x2 cm)
    Finely chop the spring onion.
    Roughly chop the cashew nuts.
    Roughly chop the cilantro (or other fresh herbs of your choice) if you include it in your dish.
  • When the peanut butter sauce has simmered for 10 minutes, use a hand blender to make the sauce even creamier (cutting up the finely chopped garlic and chili pieces even more).
  • Now it is time to put your dish together. Plate up any way you want and serve the warm peanut butter sauce on the side.
  • If you serve the bulgur salad in a large bowl for people to help themselves, I recommend you layer the salad ingredients in this order: cooked bulgur, avocado, mango, spring onions, and then cashew nuts (and cilantro/fresh herbs).
    I find that layering the ingredients in this order makes the colors pop the most.
Keyword bulgur bowl, healthy salad recipe, plant based food
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