Smashed Cucumber & Five-Spice Tofu Bowl

Cold smashed cucumbers and warm five-spice tofu over black rice — hot-cold contrast done right.

💪 Where's the protein? Right here — 25g

Tofu (20g)
Black rice (5g)

🍃 Sugar-Free Option

No added sweeteners in this recipe — it's sugar-free as written. Any sugars in the nutrition panel come from whole vegetables, grains, and fruit only.

Ingredients (all organic)

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✓Five-spice powder, 1 tsp
✓Black rice, 3/4 cup cooked
✓Cucumbers, 2 Persian
✓Rice vinegar, 1 tbsp
✓Garlic, 1 clove
✓Chili oil, 1 tsp
✓Sesame seeds + scallion

Dotted ⓘ ingredients have photos and store locations in the field guide.

How to Prep

1Smack cucumbers with the flat of a knife; tear, salt lightly, drain 10 minutes, dress with vinegar and garlic.
2Dust tofu slabs with five-spice; sear until mahogany.
3Bowl over black rice; add cucumbers cold.
4Finish with chili oil, sesame, scallion.

🔪 Starting from raw? The basics (1)

Cooking black rice

1 cup dry + 1¾ cups water: boil, cover, simmer low 35 minutes, rest 10. Makes about 3 cups.

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📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

Every ingredient above is stocked organic at these local spots:

Whole Foods Market — Lakeview
Fresh Thyme Market — Bucktown
Pete's Fresh Market — Bridgeport
Mariano's — Throughout Chicagoland
Dill Pickle Food Co-op — Logan Square
Sugar Beet Food Co-op — Oak Park

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Smashed Cucumber & Five-Spice Tofu Bowl

Ingredients (all organic)

How to Prep

📍 Buy the ingredients — Chicagoland

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