Sambal Eggplant & Tempeh Traybake

This was really delicious, and leaves you with very minimal dishes to do which I really appreciate :)

I was super excited to try this recipe, but the eggplants at my local grocery store looked past their prime. I ended up taking a chance and using portobello mushrooms instead. It worked great! I cut them a little bigger to make sure they didn’t burn, but I think they would have been fine cut smaller. The sauce was really delicious, kind of sweet and just a bit spicy. I’m sure the spice level will depend a lot on the brand of sambal oelek.

PUL Team - Feb. 24, 2025, 6:19 p.m.

Ooo what a fun twist with portobello mushrooms! Thanks for taking the time to try the recipe and share your insight, Olivia 💛✨

Really good, and soooo convenient

Really good! I have a convection oven so I turned the heat down to 180 C and stirred twice instead of once. Turned out perfectly.

First time cooking tempeh! Had to substitute with the veggies I had on hand, but it’s delicious! Love this type of recipe where I can put everything in the oven and not worry about it. Will definitely be going back to this one 👌

PUL Team - July 31, 2024, 11:35 p.m.

Ah how exciting to try tempeh for the first time! So glad it was enjoyed, Catarina 🤗

Super easy to make. Perfect week night meal. I mixed the onion, garlic and the rest of the sauce ingredients in my mixer to get a smooth texture. Served with homemade pickled cucumber was a winner!

Loved learning about the origin or inspiration of this recipe. I made it with marinara instead of tomato paste and water and had to omit sambal oelek because my 18 month old will eat some too and we haven't brought her up to speed on spicy foods yet.
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I have no idea why mine didn’t turn out good 🙃😨
Was there supposed to be some salt and pepper? I followed everything to the T and it was just bland and unexciting ..
I am sure it’s something I did, not the recipe…
Tried 2 other recipes from the app and they turned out great!
The food photography is just outstanding ☺️

PUL Team - May 15, 2024, 6:54 a.m.

Hey Masha, we're sad to hear this although appreciate the feedback. We didn't add salt or pepper to this recipe since our sambal oelek is quite flavourful. You're welcome to add salt and pepper if you'd like though!

I wonder if the eggplant you used might have been larger than ours? Our medium eggplants are usually around 500 grams in case it helps. So glad that the other recipes on the app are being enjoyed in any case. Happy cooking 🤗

So easy to make and super delicious! I'm adding this one into my meal rotation

I'm always on the lookout for easy dinners, including tempeh and this recipe came to the rescue 😋 I think I added a bit too much sambal oelek, though 🥵😁

So quick and easy! Love it! The sauce is soooo good…

It felt like dining at a restaurant on a Mediterranean beach ❤️
So easy to make, please make more bake tray recipes.

PUL Team - Feb. 19, 2024, 12:48 a.m.

We’re smiling from ear to ear hearing this, Ioana! Hopefully we can share more tray bake recipes in the future 😊

So comforting, simple, and delicious. Love a creative eggplant dish!

Yummy and makes a lot. I used Gochujang instead and it was delish!

10/10, super easy, super delicious!

Absolutely loved this dump and bake recipe. Would recommend also adding some zucchini and chunks of red onion for more veg and flavour.

Easy to make and so tasteful. My youngest isn’t fond of tempeh, but enjoyed it like this.

I love this recipe!

Tasty and filling, I used a mix of smoked tofu and tempeh and I really enjoyed!

Really a great recipe. It was very tasty and it is to date my favourite way to eat tempeh! We reduced a bit the sambal but next time I’ll try the full amount.

PUL Team - Sept. 13, 2023, 8:05 p.m.

So glad the tray bake was enjoyed, Alice, thank you!

Really delicious and easy to make! It will probably become one of my favourite recipe to cook for lunch at work, maybe also trying with different vegetables.

Love it!

Only put 2tbsp of sambas oelek cause my husband doesn’t like spicy meal. Just tasted perfect!

Had a crazy day and made this for lunch because it simply involved one bake tray and some rice. Bonus was that I had all the ingredients. Came out great, left it in till caramelised a bit. However, I forgot to reduce the servings size and made way too much. So I tossed the left overs in the mixer with about 3 tablespoons of cooked quinoa and capers for a pate like sandwich filler. Really delicious. I ate it on toasty a slice of toasted rye sour dough, with vegan mayo and pickled beets, lettuce... a two for one recipe

PUL Team - July 6, 2023, 8:08 a.m.

Ooo this sounds so lovely, Diana! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with te recipe ☺️

Good, minimal effort yet tasty. Swapped the tempeh for tofu and Sambal for sriracha since it’s what I had. The idea of dump and go it’s genius and efficient but personally I would prefer pan fry the tofu separately to have a more crunchy texture.

PUL Team - May 2, 2023, 1:56 a.m.

Thanks for sharing your experience with it, Gaia 🙂