Fried Tofu With Spicy Garlic Sauce

Name: Fried Tofu With Spicy Garlic Sauce
Yield: 3 to 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g Fresh Momen Tofu *OR Tofu of your choice; Potato Starch Flour; Oil for frying; <Sauce>; 1 clove Garlic *grated; 1-2 Spring Onions *finely chopped; 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce; 1 tablespoon Rice Vinegar; 1 tablespoon Sugar; 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice; 2-3 teaspoons Chilli Garlic Sauce

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

‘Agedashi Tofu’, a very popular Japanese Tofu dish, can be enjoyed with a sauce of any flavours. This time I tried a spicy garlic sauce. This time I cut Tofu smaller pieces than usual, but I found the cooking task much more challenging. I recommend to cut into 4-5cm that is the common size.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

3 to 4 servings

500 gFresh Momen Tofu *OR Tofu of your choice
Potato Starch Flour
Oil for frying
<Sauce>
1 cloveGarlic *grated
1-2Spring Onions *finely chopped
2 tablespoonSoy Sauce
1 tablespoonRice Vinegar
1 tablespoonSugar
1 tablespoonLemon Juice
2-3 teaspoonsChilli Garlic Sauce

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Steps

1

Place Tofu on slightly tilted cutting board or plate with a flat-base dish or board as a weight on top, and set aside for 1/2 hour so that excess water would be removed.
*Note: If you use firm Tofu, you don’t need to remove water.
2

Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
3

Heat Oil to 180℃. Cut Tofu into about 4-5cm size, coat with Potato Starch, and fry until light golden. Drain on a rack or paper towel.
4

Place fried Tofu in a bowl and cover with the sauce.