coconut and peanut slow cooked tofu over rice

*This recipe has a little more than seven ingredients but it's so delicious I had to include it on my blog anyway.  It's still incredibly easy!

9 ingredients {for the crock pot} :  vegan and gluten free

tofu
portabella mushrooms
coconut milk
peanut butter
garlic
ginger
Braggs
veggie broth
Sriracha

additional ingredients:

rice
fresh cilantro
peanuts
lime

This is my new favorite recipe, hands down.  I couldn't get enough of it!

I think I've mentioned before, my intense love for my rice cooker and crockpot.  I just throw everything in when I get a chance and then I forget about it, go about my day, come home hungry after picking everyone up from school and tae kwon do class, and my house smells amazing.  For a second I wonder what that awesome smell is and then I realize my kitchen is just humming away making dinner for me.  I have the best kitchen.  (If only it would do the dishes for me...)

I recently had a really good spicy, peanut butter-y tofu dish from the deli at my local co-op.  I glanced at the ingredients card and I remember seeing peanut butter and coconut milk, but then I heard my two year old making a ruckus somewhere behind me and I had to get out of there.

The next day my mom called me to rave about some chicken dish with peanut butter and coconut milk that she made in her crock pot.  Are peanut butter and coconut milk the hot new ingredients?  I had to try to make something myself.

Here's what I put in the crockpot:

-1 can of coconut milk.  I used the full fat coconut milk but they have a low fat version if you prefer.
-about 2/3 cup of creamy peanut butter
-about 1/2 a cup of veggie broth
-about 1/4 cup of Braggs liquid aminos (or you could use a low sodium tamari or soy sauce)
- 2 cloves of garlic, grated
-a large spoonful of fresh grated ginger (about a tablespoon)
-a generous squirt of Sriracha hot sauce
-1 chopped portabella mushroom
-1 package of extra firm tofu

I cooked it all on high for about 5 hours.  I stirred it a few times when I was home.

I made some rice in my rice cooker so that would be ready.

After about 5 hours in the crockpot it had thickened up and was not quite so soupy.
I just spooned it over rice and then added some peanuts and fresh cilantro on top and squirted some fresh lime juice over it all.

It was SO GOOD!