Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu
Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, shio-koji teriyaki with firm tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Dust with some flour, and then dip into the beaten egg. Clean and drain tofu with pressing. Shio Koji (塩麹, 塩糀) is a mix of salt, water and rice koji, and it's a natural seasoning used to marinate, tenderize, and enhance the umami, or richness (one of the five basic tastes), in foods.

Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have shio-koji teriyaki with firm tofu using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu:
  1. Get 1 block Firm tofu
  2. Prepare 1 Vegetable oil
  3. Take Shio-Koji Teriyaki Sauce
  4. Get 1 tbsp Shio Koji
  5. Get 1 tbsp Sugar
  6. Take 1/2 tbsp Mentsuyu (3x concentrate)

Use it in place of salt in sauces and dressings. It also makes a wonderful meat marinade. Mix Brown rice koji and salt together in a quart jar. Add water and cover with a coffee filter or cloth, secured with a rubber band.

Steps to make Shio-Koji Teriyaki with Firm Tofu:
  1. Mix together all of the ingredients for the shio-koji teriyaki sauce.
  2. Wrap the firm tofu in 2 paper towels and let it sit for awhile to drain the water. ( If you leave it in the refrigerator, it will take about 1/2 day to drain most of the moisture).
  3. Put vegetable oil into a well heated frying pan. Cut the tofu and pan-fry.
  4. ※If you fry over high heat and brown both sides, the excess moisture will evaporate and the flavor will be trapped in.
  5. Once the tofu has browned nicely, pour in the shio-koji teriyaki sauce and coat the tofu. Turn off the heat.

Teriyaki Tofu. by Jennifer Pallian BSc, RD. Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe. Shio Koji's convenience is another reason this traditional ingredient recaptured the spotlight in Japan. Shio Koji can be simply poured onto meat or fish as a marinade or added as a sauce or finishing touch. It can also be used in place of salt by substituting two teaspoons of shio koji for every teaspoon of salt.

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