Stuffed Fried Tofu

Name: Stuffed Fried Tofu
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 sheets fried tofu; 200 g minced meat (pork or chicken); 50 g carrot; 10 cm green onion; 10 g Oba (Shiso, Japanese basil, otherwise basil); 200 mL Dashi broth : (A); 2 tbsp soy sauce : (A); 2 tbsp Sake : (A); 1 tbsp sugar : (A); 8 toothpicks; Oba (otherwise basil, for topping); Roasted sesame seeds 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.
#bento #Japanese #healthy #main

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.
#bento #Japanese #healthy #main

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Ingredients

4 sheetsfried tofu
200 gminced meat (pork or chicken)
50 gcarrot
10 cmgreen onion
10 gOba (Shiso, Japanese basil, otherwise basil)
200 mLDashi broth : (A)
2 tbspsoy sauce : (A)
2 tbspSake : (A)
1 tbspsugar : (A)
8toothpicks
Oba (otherwise basil, for topping)
Roasted sesame seeds for topping

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Steps

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

Stick the toothpick or the spaghetti stick into the stuffed fried tofu to close.
6

Put condiments (A) in a pan and heat it until it comes to a boil.
7

Place the stuffed tofu and simmer it over medium-low heat over 10 minutes.
8

Cut the Oba into thin strips.
9

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.