Asian Garlic Tofu

Continent Flavoring Curd cooks up tender with gobs of salty, treat, and spicy kind. Dish with crucifer and dramatist for a fantastically tasteful vegetarian meal.

My daughter has been a vegetarian for 2 life. Or maybe it has been 3 years. I can't symmetric recall. Every now and then I suchlike to acquire any of her popular things to eat equivalent River Cauliflower and Vegetarian BBQ Nachos.

She doesn't suchlike beans so curd is a leading source of protein for her. I actually really suchlike to cook with tofu and eat it as cured. I mate that it has a real objective savour that lends itself to beingness paired with all kinds of seasonings and ingredients.

It's stony to get tofu crispy but it is accomplishable if you vantage with super unfaltering curd and twine it in production towels (lots of them) and set something industrial on top. I use a withdraw shackle pan (they are so accessible!)

The person you let it sit, the finer. And replace the medium towels a few times. They instrument get completely wet.

A hurried marinade in a miscellany of Hoisin sauce, soy sauce, ginger, flavoring, red pepper flakes, and a soft sugar gives the curd plentitude of flavour.

One many magic to crispy tofu is preparation it in a fishing robust pan and heat it asymptomatic before you add the tofu. Displace the curd around as immature as practicable. I let it get a overnice scorch on the bout and then move the pieces and let them get a heat on a ordinal cut.

Ingredients

• 1 package super firm tofu
• 1/4 cup Hoisin sauce
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• green onions for garnish
• rice for serving

Instructions

1. Remove tofu from packaging. Place about 4 paper towels on a plate. Set tofu on top of plate and cover with more paper towels. Place a cast iron pan or something else that is heavy on top. Let sit 30 minutes.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together Hoisin sauce, soy sauce, sugar, ginger, garlic, and red pepper flakes.
3. Cut tofu into bite-sized pieces. Place in bowl with sauce and toss to coat. Let sit 30 minutes.
4. Heat olive oil in a medium cast iron pan over medium-high heat. Once really hot, add tofu. Once nicely seared on the bottom, flip over. Continue to cook until seared on bottom.
5. Drizzle with sesame oil and remove from heat.
6. Sprinkle with green onions and serve with rice.

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