Sweet and Sour Silken Tofu
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- ½ tbsp Apple cider vinegar
- 5 Oz Cubed, silken tofu (you can use firm tofu as well)
- 3 tbsp Cornstarch
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- ½ tsp Garlic powder (optional)
- Extra virgin olive oil to taste (but if you plan on deep frying the tofu, you will need a skillet with enough oil to fry)
Sweet and sour tofu sauce:
- 2 tbsp Sugar(any kind you want)
- 1 tbsp Tomato paste or ketchup
- ½ tbsp Apple cider vinegar
- ½ tsp Soy sauce
- 3 tbsp water (50 ml) or as required because the consistency of sauce depends on your likeness
- 1-2 tsp Cornstarch
- 1 Carrot, chopped (optional
- ½ Green bell pepper, chopped (optional)
- ½ Onion, chopped (optional)
- Note: you can add as many or as few vegetables as you want
Instructions
For the Sweet and Sour crispy tofu
- Press and tear the tofu into 1-2 inch pieces. Add the soy sauce and all the dry ingredients and toss well to coat. Make sure all the pieces are covered completely.
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat, and add the oil. Fry all the pieces for 6-8minutes until golden brown and crisp. Or, if you want to make it more healthy, you can sauté or pan fry the cubes in a little olive oil till the tofu gets crisp.
Sweet and Sour Silken Tofu Sauce
- Take the tofu out of the pan and in the same pan, toss in all the chopped veggies ,and sauté them.
- Take another bowl. Put the sugar, tomato paste, vinegar, water, soy sauce, and garlic powder in it and whisk well until combined. (You can thicken the sauce as you like).
- Mix the sauce with the veggies and add the crispy tofu to it. Stir well to combine and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce thickens up a little.
- Take it off the stove and garnish it with sesame seeds or chopped scallions.
- Serve while hot!