Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, fried tofu in lemongrass. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Fried tofu in lemongrass is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Fried tofu in lemongrass is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
Ready-fried tofu is available in Asian markets—all you need to do is heat the tofu by refrying or baking it to get back its crunchiness. Instead of fresh lemongrass use powdered, which can be stored in your pantry. Everything is thrown into a pan, seasoned, and heated through.
Recipe of Fried tofu in lemongrass
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fried tofu in lemongrass using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients
The ingredients needed to make Fried tofu in lemongrass:
- Prepare 1 packages firm tofu
- Make ready 3 tbsp chopped lemongrass
- Take 1 tsp salt
- Get 1 tbsp sambal chili
- Make ready 1 tsp tumeric
To make it vegetarian, we sub Mushroom Soy Sauce for the Fish sauce. I also use Splenda instead of sugar, lemon juice instead of lemongrass (since it's hard to find around here), and Sriracha chili sauce for. Traditionally, the tofu gets fried for this Vietnamese-inspired dish before it gets immersed in the flavoursome sauce, but if, like me, you are a little PS: If you make my lemongrass tofu in tomato sauce, don't forget to tag me on Instagram as @lazycatkitchen and use the #lazycatkitchen hashtag. This recipe calls for tofu and plenty of vegetables, including green beans, broccoli, and bell pepper stir-fried with a few Thai-inspired ingredients.
Instructions
Steps to make Fried tofu in lemongrass:
- Open and drain water out of tofu package. Use paper towels to firmly squeeze dry the tofu. Any water on tofu will pop and splatter all over when frying.
- Sliver diagnally on one side of tofu, not too deep, flip and slice opposite diagnally on the other side. Optionally can make slits all around. Put on plate.
- In small bowl, add lemongrass, salt, hot pepper, tumeric. Mix well. Wear gloves to gently put mixture in slits of tofu. Tumeric will stain hands.
- Can let it sit in fridge to marinate it better, or just fry it if in a hurry. Flip tofu on both sides when frying. Serve with rice and vegetables. (I like to leave it in bag to marinate and fry only what i plan to eat)
Even though lemongrass is one of my favorite flavors, this was actually the first time that we cooked with it. We like to enjoy this with garlic fried rice, steamed vegetables, steamed spinach and cucumber. Tofu is marinated with a lot of minced lemongrass and bird's eye chili before being fried until golden, crispy and fragrant. With the addition of lemongrass and hot chili pepper, the fried tofu becomes aromatic with a nice kick. Crispy pan-fried tofu is drenched in lemongrass sauce, caramelized and served over rice with veggies and rich peanut sauce to make these flavor-packed Buddha bowls.
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