Tag: Tofu

Tofu slices drenched in corn starch mixed with salt, garlic and onion powder. Fried until browned, then added some soy sauce and this time a little fish sauce. Easy and tasty protein option.

Last time I made the pan fried sesame garlic tofu I had used silken tofu and it didn’t come out very crispy and the sauce was lacking aromatics. So I made it again, and this time used firm tofu which made frying it crispy possible. I also added aromatics (green onion, garlic, and ginger) to flavor the sauce. I added them just before adding the sauce slurry, but I think the pan was a little too hot, so garlic became a little bitter.

A coworker of mine posted a mouthwatering picture of crispy tofu in sauce. So obviously I asked for the recipe. I only had soft tofu which didn’t work out too well, I had trouble coating the tofu because it kept falling apart, so next time at least medium or hard tofu. Overall the flavor was not bad, but next time I’d throw in some green onion, garlic, and ginger before adding the sauce, just to give it a more complex flavor.