This is the first recipe in which I learned how to cook tofu it was about 11 years ago. I’ve always known about tofu but never bought it because I didn’t know to how to cook it.
One day I got my hand on a little calender where it had the month on one side and a healthy recipe on the other. The first time I saw a recipe for tofu I was so excited to try it, more because it was easy to make and it was something I’ve been wanting to try for a long time.
Here are the things I like about tofu:
- It’s a great meat substitute if your trying to eat less meat.
- It’s filling.
- It’s already cooked, all you have to do is heated it through.
- Seasonings are unless.
- It has about 10 g of protein in 1/2 cup, if protein is something your worried about.
- It’s inexpensive which I love, for a 14 oz container of tofu your looking at $1.50 depending on the brand.
Here is what tofu looks like. My favorite to use is firm to extra firm.
Tofu has a lot of water and it comes in water to keep it persevered. Before using it, you need to remove the water by wrapping it in paper towels to absorb the water.
Then you cut into cubes.
Then you dip the tofu into this mix: soy sauce, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, garlic powder and ground ginger.
Spicy Tofu and Brown Rice
Ingredients
Tofu-
- 1 14 oz package of tofu (firm to extra firm is what I prefer)
- 1/4 cup of soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon of sesame oil or any oil you perfer
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tespoon garlic powder
- 1/4 ground ginger
- Sesame seeds (optional)
- Minced green onion (optional)
Brown Rice
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/4 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 1/4 tablespoon oyster sauce ( this one is the one I use https://amzn.to/2XaVLs2)
- 2 tablespoon diced carrot
- 2 tablespoon diced onion
- 1/4 cup green peas
Directions
- Wrap tofu in a couple of paper towels or kitchen towel, let sit for 5 minutes.
- Wash white rice.
- In a pot heat a little oil and brown your rice about 5-10 mins.
- Once browned add water, soy sauce, oyster sauce, diced carrot, diced onion and green peas.
- Let it come to a full boil, mix, turn to low and cover with lid.
- Let cook for about 20-25 mins.
- Unwrap tofu and cut into squares.
- In a bowl mix soy sauce, sesame oil, red pepper flakes, garlic powder, and ground ginger.
- Heat a pan with a little oil.
- Dip tofu into the soy sauce mix then place into hot pan, brown and heat through on medium to high heat.
- Once tofu and rice are done you can top it with sesame seeds and minced green onion.
