Easy Sesame Tofu (Vegan/Gluten-free)

Name: Easy Sesame Tofu (Vegan/Gluten-free)
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 7 oz. (1/2 pack) Firm Tofu; 1/4 cup Corn Starch; 1 Tbsp. Sesame Oil; 2 Tbsp. Cooking Sake; 1 Tbsp. Sugar; 2 Tbsp. Soy Sauce; 1 Tbsp. Mirin (sweet cooking rice wine); 1 Tbsp. White Sesame Seeds; Some Chopped Green Onion (to taste)

HomemadeJapaneseFood @cook_7430757

Midwest

This sesame tofu recipe is perfect! It is not too sweet and not too greasy. Tofu is high in great protein and also tofu itself is low calorie (33 kcal / 2 oz.) so it is good food for people who care about their diet. The recipe is so easy. We can cook with one pan.

HomemadeJapaneseFood @cook_7430757

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Ingredients

45 minutes

2 servings

7 oz. (1/2 pack)Firm Tofu
1/4 cupCorn Starch
1 Tbsp.Sesame Oil
2 Tbsp.Cooking Sake
1 Tbsp.Sugar
2 Tbsp.Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp.Mirin (sweet cooking rice wine)
1 Tbsp.White Sesame Seeds
Some Chopped Green Onion (to taste)

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Wash ½ pack (7 oz) of firm tofu under running water and place on several paper towels. Wrap the tofu with the paper towels and place on a plate.
2

Put another plate on the tofu. Place some bottles of water as a weight on top and let sit for 30 minutes. (If the tofu is not dried well, the oil will splash a lot during cooking)
3

Cut the tofu into small cubes. Dredge in the ¼ cup of corn starch and tap off excess.
4

Heat 1 Tbsp. of sesame oil in a pan and cook the tofu on all sides over medium heat until nicely browned and crisp; about 7 minutes.
5

Turn the heat down to low. Add 2 Tbsp. of cooking Sake, 1 Tbsp. of sugar, 2 Tbsp. of soy sauce and 1 Tbsp. of Mirin to the pan.
6

Stir for about 2 minutes. Halfway through, add 1 Tbsp. of white sesame seeds.

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HomemadeJapaneseFood @cook_7430757

on April 01, 2017 17:12

Midwest

http://japanese-food.orgI am Japanese and now live in the United States with my husband. Since then I started my Japanese recipe website to help people learn about the nutritional value of traditional Japanese food, and more importantly, how to make traditional Japanese food with ingredients we can get easily at many local grocery stores in the US. I learned the recipes on this website from my mother, so this site is devoted to real Japanese home cooking! I try to introduce here easy homemade Japanese recipes so I cut out the need of burdensome traditional processes that don’t have an effect on their taste so much.

Spicy George Foreman @spicygeorgeforeman

August 08, 2022 05:04

Cooked it 2 more times already! This has become a weeknight staple for us. Costs $5 to feed the whole family. Very healthy and crispy and whips up super quick. Sometimes I'll just use soy sauce and sugar. Cannot skip draining step.

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