Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, kung pao tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Kung Pao Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Kung Pao Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook kung pao tofu using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Tofu:
- Get TOFU (used 2 packs of the Cauldron brand, 396g net each) see pic
- Prepare 2 packs medium/firm Tofu, drained (30 mins), cut into cubes
- Prepare 4-5 tablespoons Cornflour
- Prepare Sauce
- Get 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Take 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Get 1 tbsp rice wine (Mirin)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon sriracha/yeos/any hot sauce
- Get 3 teaspoons cornflour
- Get Water (dash of water only)
- Get Stir Fry & Garnish
- Get 1/2-1 red chilli
- Take 1 heaping teaspoon garlic paste
- Get 1 heaping teaspoon ginger paste
- Take 2 medium bell peppers (green and red used here)
- Get 1 onion diced in chunks and separated
- Make ready 1 tbsp honey
- Get Handful peanuts, roasted
- Prepare Handful Spring onions and chives
Steps to make Kung Pao Tofu:
- Remove the tofu blocks from packs and press to drain them. I wrapped each tofu block with 2 sets of paper towels each, pressed with a heavy weight (book/bowl) on top to drain excess moisture. Leave to drain for 30 mins. The tofu brand that I used in the UK is shown below (2 packs). Tofu selected must be Medium or Firm.
- Whilst tofu is being pressed/drained, on medium heat roast the peanuts in a pan for 5-10mins. Check occasionally. Set aside.
- Again whilst waiting for the tofu, prepare the sauce by WHISKING together all the Sauce Ingredients above with a dash of water. Set aside.
- After 30 mins, once tofu pressed/drained, cut into small cubes. In a Bowl, stir in cubed tofus with 4-5 tablespoons cornflour and mix to coat all (see pic). Once all coated, in a heated pan, add oil and fry the tofu (on all sides) on medium heat for 6-7 mins, until golden brown. Add tiny pinch of salt. Remove and set aside.
- In the same heated pan, add oil and stir in onion chunks, garlic and ginger paste and the red chilli. Cook for 3 mins.
- Then add in red and green peppers, spring onions and stir fry/saute together for 5 mins. Add in the Tofu and mix for 2 mins.
- Then pour sauce all over and mix everything. The tofu and veggies will be coated immediately. To deglaze slightly, add another dash of water and mix. Let cook for 2-3 mins with sauce.
- Finish my drizzling 1 tbsp of honey on top of it all to coat and caramelise the tofu topping and stir! Remove from heat. Garnish with roasted peanuts and spring onions/chives. Serve with rice! 👍🏼
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