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Tofu steak recipe

Mild Spice Tofu Steak

Yuka
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Appetizer, Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 people
Calories 72.37 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 Firm tofu
  • 2 Tablespoon cornstarch or as much as you need
  • 1/2 red onion about 200g
  • 2 scallion (green onion) about 50g

Mild Spicy Sauce

  • 1 Tablespoon soy sauce HERE to buy
  • 1 Tablespoon sake HERE to buy
  • 1 Tablespoon mirin HERE to buy
  • 1/2 Tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon gochujang HERE to buy

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Sauce : In a small bowl, add soy sauce, sake, and mirin. Mix well.
    In a small bowl, add sugar and gochujang. Then add 1 Tbsp of hot water. Mix until sugar and the gochujang melts completely.
    Add it to the main sauce bowl.
  • Vegetables(option) : Cut the red onion and green onion into small pieces.

Let's do deep-frying Tofu!

  • In a pan or pot, add about vegetable oil that covers a half of the tofu high for frying. Turn the heat to medium and bring the heat to 330°F(165.5°C).
  • Meanwhile, Open the tofu package and cover it with a paper towel.
  • In a microwave-safe bowl, add the covered tofu and microwave for 3 minutes. *My microwave is 600w
  • Remove extra water with a paper towel after microwaving.
  • Cut the tofu into 1-inch cubes.
  • Cover the 1/3 or 1/2 of the cut tofu*1 with cornstarch. Cover every surface of the tofu and remove extra starch.
  • When the oil in the pan hits to 330°F(165.5°C), add the covered tofu. Deep fry for 4 minutes, then move to a wire rack to drain excess oil.
  • Do 6 and 7 steps until all the tofu is deep-fried.

Let's cook!

  • In a frying pan, add about a thin layer of vegetable oil, and turn the heat to medium. Add the cut vegetables and cook for 3 minutes.
  • Add the deep-fried tofu and the sauce you made. Stir for 2 minutes.

Let's serve!

  • This is a great lunch!

Notes

*1 If you cover tofu with cornstarch for a long time, it didn't cover tofu well. So add cornstarch right before you are deep-frying.

Nutrition

Calories: 72.37kcalCarbohydrates: 11.13gProtein: 3.55gFat: 0.93gSodium: 273.23mgFiber: 1.09gSugar: 4.96g
Keyword tofu
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