Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, warm tofu salad with shiso. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Warm tofu salad with shiso is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Warm tofu salad with shiso is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
The salad on top consists of celery, scallions, and cilantro. Soaking them in ice cold water will help plump up their cells, making them extra crisp and crunchy—a really great contrast to the soft, warm tofu underneath. Note: Chinkiang vinegar, broad bean paste, and chili oil can all be found readily in.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have warm tofu salad with shiso using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Warm tofu salad with shiso:
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil/ neutral oil
- Take 1-2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
- Make ready 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
- Make ready 2 cm chunk fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- Prepare Daikon - this was about half a big daikon; sliced thinly
- Take 1 small-medium cucumber, sliced thinly on the diagonal
- Get 1-2 heads tatsoi (or pak choi or another green)
- Take 2-4 red radishes, finely chopped
- Prepare 2 spring onions, finely chopped
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
- Get Firm tofu - pressed and cubed
- Make ready For the dressing
- Get 2 tbsp mirin
- Take 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
- Get 1 tsp sake - optional
- Take 2 tsps ume plum seasoning - optional
- Prepare Juice of 1/2 small lemon
- Prepare 10 shiso leaves
You'll love the tangy ponzu sauce too. It is super easy to make and goes well with many Japanese and Asian dishes. Add tofu and toss to coat. Cover and place in fridge to marinate overnight if possible.
Steps to make Warm tofu salad with shiso:
- For the dressing: mix on the liquids together. With the shiso leaves, get them into a pile, roll them up and finely chop on the diagonal (chiffonade). You may need to do some additional chopping. Add half of the chopped shiso to the dressing and combine. Save the rest to use as a garnish.
- Heat the oil in a shallow pan - medium/high heat. Add the shallots and sauté for a few minutes. Add the garlic and ginger. Sauté for another minute.
- Add the cucumber and daikon. Sauté for a minute or so.
- Add the tatsoi and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Take off the heat. Stir in some of the dressing and the tofu.
- Serve with the spring onion, radishes, sesame seeds and extra chopped shiso leaves on top. Add more dressing. Enjoy 😋
Remove plates from the WW Steamer. This delicious tofu salad is packed with crispy vegetables and marinated tofu and it's topped with a creamy tahini dressing. We went with marinated tofu for this salad. And the recipe for that comes from our marinated tofu recipe. But don't worry, we'll go over it again here.
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