My wife ate too much risotto yesterday, and some for breakfast, so its a quick stir fry just for me tonight.
Looks amazing. How did you prepare your tofu?
I buy the extra-firm tofu and freeze it. Thaw it, then squeeze the water out.
Normally I prep some cornstartch mixed with spices like garlic, cumin, paprika,salt, pepper, chiili powder; and roll the tofu slices in that before frying This way they get a crispy outside, even though the cornstarch layer is super thin.
But for this time I didn’t feel like dealing with corn startch, so I put oil in the pan and tossed in similar spices plus some chopped Thai chiilies and just fried them in the hot spice mix.
Sounds awesome! I haven’t gone through the trouble of freezing it first yet - maybe I should try it sometime.
I usually squeeze out the water, cut into cubes, and then fry in oil until a little crispy on the outside. Then I add soy sauce, paprika powder, and agave syrup or similar to the pan and fry the tofu a little more. Maybe some salt if the soy sauce didn’t give it enough saltiness.
But yours sounds nice too!
The freezing seems to open up pores in the block of tofu so the water presses out easily and then there is a bit of texture created also.
Agave syrup eh, I have some in the fridge I will try that, thanks for the tip!
Yea, I seem to remember hearing something like that too. I’ve also heard that instead of squeezing the tofu you can also get out the excess water by putting it in salted boiled water? It worked to varying degrees but usually just pressing it wrapped in toilet paper worked fine enough, depending on the brand of tofu I get.
You’re welcome! It’s the easiest and most hassle-free way for us to prepare tofu for all kinds of dishes. Beats coming up with diffretn ways of preparing it. :D
