Fragrant Spicy Tofu
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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable
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- Total Time
- 25mins
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- Serves
- 4
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- Calories
- 263
Never say you won’t learn to love tofu! This is completely delicious, crunchy, fragrant, and spicy. It has it all Five star vegetarian, vegan cuisine!
Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/fragrant-spicy-tofurecipe updated Jan 12, 2022
Ingredients
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- Lime
- 1
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- Shallot
- 2
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- Ginger
- 1 tablespoon
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- Fresh chili
- 1
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- Scallion
- 6
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- Tofu
- 200 g
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- Soy sauce
- 80 g
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- Fresh chili
- 1
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- Maple syrup
- 20 g
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- Extra virgin olive oil
- 40 g
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- Garlic clove
- 3
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- Cornflour
- as needed
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- Sesame seeds
- 2 tablespoons
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- Sesame oil
- as needed
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- Cilantro
- 7 g
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- Extra virgin olive oil
- as needed
Tools
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TM5
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Frying pan
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Tm5 bowl
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Small bowl
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Large serving bowl
Step preview
- Make the sauce first - add soy sauce, fresh chili, maple syrup and lime juice to the TM bowl
- Blend with MC on - 20 sec, speed 8
- Remove from bowl and set aside
- Without cleaning the bowl, place EVOO, garlic, shallots and ginger into Thermomix bowl
- Chop with MC on - 3 sec, speed 6
- Sauté - 5 min, Varoma, speed 1
- Sdd fresh chili and spring onions and just stir it through by hand
- Meanwhile, heat a little bit of additional EVOO in a non stick frying pan to a medium heat
- Carefully dust each piece of tofu with cornflour and dip one side into the sesame seeds
- Fry the tofu in batches, refreshing the oil as needed
- When they are all done, return them all to the frying pan with the ginger mixture from the Thermomix bowl
- Stir to coat with the mixture
- Serve immdieately with a drizzle of sesame oil and the plenty of sauce and coriander leaves