Stuffed Fried Tofu

Name: Stuffed Fried Tofu
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 3-4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 sheets Fried tofu; 200 g Minced meat (pork or chicken); 50 g Carrot; 10 cm Green onion; 10 g Oba (Japanese basil, otherwise basil); 200 mL Dashi Broth (A); 2 tbsp Soy sauce (A); 2 tbsp Cooking Sake (otherwise wine) (A); 1 tbsp Sugar (A); 8 toothpicks (or snap a spaghetti noodle to approximately 8 cm long and make 8 sticks.): You don’t have to remove sticks when you use spaghetti noodle sticks.); Oba (otherwise basil, for topping); Roasted sesame (for topping)

Mogco Tokyo @harakiricafe

Tokyo, Japan

Stuffed Fried Tofu is very useful. Not only for every day’s main dish but for bento menu. It goes well with beer. Cooking time is 30 mins.
#Japanese #bento #beer #wine #hors d’oeuvre #sides

Mogco Tokyo @harakiricafe

Tokyo, Japan

Stuffed Fried Tofu is very useful. Not only for every day’s main dish but for bento menu. It goes well with beer. Cooking time is 30 mins.
#Japanese #bento #beer #wine #hors d’oeuvre #sides

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Ingredients

30 mins

3-4 servings

4 sheetsFried tofu
200 gMinced meat (pork or chicken)
50 gCarrot
10 cmGreen onion
10 gOba (Japanese basil, otherwise basil)
200 mLDashi Broth (A)
2 tbspSoy sauce (A)
2 tbspCooking Sake (otherwise wine) (A)
1 tbspSugar (A)
8toothpicks (or snap a spaghetti noodle to approximately 8 cm long and make 8 sticks.): You don’t have to remove sticks when you use spaghetti noodle sticks.)
Oba (otherwise basil, for topping)
Roasted sesame (for topping)

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Steps

30 mins

1

Chop the carrot, the green onion, and the Oba into small pieces.
2

Cut the fried tofu into halves.
3

Knead the minced meat until it becomes sticky. Then add chopped ingredients to the meat and mix them.
4

Open the fried tofu pockets carefully, and stuff fillings into the fried tofu.
5

Place the stuffed tofu and simmer it over medium-low heat over 10 minutes.
6

Cut the Oba into thin strips.
7

When it is cooked, leave the pan for a while. Cut it in half and serve on a plate. Sprinkle the roasted sesame and the Oba.