Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, salt and pepper tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Salt and Pepper Tofu is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Salt and Pepper Tofu is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Chinese salt and pepper is slightly different from the familiar salt and ground pepper. Cut the tofu in half down the centre like a book. Gently turn each piece of tofu in the cornflour mix to coat.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have salt and pepper tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Salt and Pepper Tofu:
- Prepare 1 block medium tofu
- Get 1 bunch spring onions
- Take 3 red chillies
- Prepare 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 pinch sichuan peppers
- Prepare 1 pinch cinnamon
- Get 1 clove
- Make ready 1 pinch star anise
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- Get 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon salt
Serve this dish as a quick and healthy appetizer or side dish. Place the tofu into a mixing bowl, then sprinkle with the salt and pepper mix and toss gently. Place on cutting board and cut tofu into squares or rectangles, as desired. Add the vegetable or canola oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Instructions to make Salt and Pepper Tofu:
- Drain and dry the tofu and fry until golden. Remove from the pan.
- Crush the spices using a pestle and mortar. In a dry pan gently toast the salt and then the spices. Sprinkle on the tofu. Add a little oil to to the pan and fry the spring onion, chilli and garlic. Combine the spices tofu. Enjoy 😊
Working in batches, dredge the tofu in the corn starch mixture, turning to coat evenly. I consider the salt and pepper tofu from Northwest Tofu in Seattle the best tofu I've had in the Western hemisphere and tried to recreate it at home. It's a simple enough dish—tofu dusted with starch, salt, and pepper, and then deep fried—but that description barely does it justice. The crust is super thin and light, but full of crispy texture and perfectly seasoned. Return the tofu to the pan, add most of the chillies and spring onions and toss to mix.
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