Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, kung pao tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Kung Pao Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Kung Pao Tofu is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Tofu is so versatile because it takes on the flavor of whatever sauce it's cooked in. Tofu is excellent in Chinese stir fries, and kung pao sauce is perfect for tofu. This recipe takes a little time to prep, but once everything is ready, it comes together quickly.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook kung pao tofu using 21 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Kung Pao Tofu:
- Take TOFU (used 2 packs of the Cauldron brand, 396g net each) see pic
- Take 2 packs medium/firm Tofu, drained (30 mins), cut into cubes
- Get 4-5 tablespoons Cornflour
- Prepare Sauce
- Take 3 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Take 2 tbsp hoisin sauce
- Get 2 tbsp brown sugar
- Take 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Prepare 1 tbsp rice wine (Mirin)
- Take 1 teaspoon sriracha/yeos/any hot sauce
- Take 3 teaspoons cornflour
- Make ready Water (dash of water only)
- Take Stir Fry & Garnish
- Get 1/2-1 red chilli
- Prepare 1 heaping teaspoon garlic paste
- Prepare 1 heaping teaspoon ginger paste
- Get 2 medium bell peppers (green and red used here)
- Take 1 onion diced in chunks and separated
- Take 1 tbsp honey
- Prepare Handful peanuts, roasted
- Get Handful Spring onions and chives
This Kung Pao Tofu is a plant-based alternative to Kung Pao Chicken, a stir-fried Chinese dish made with chicken, peanuts, vegetables, and chili peppers. The original dish, Gong Bao Ji Ding (ๅฎซไฟ้ธกไธ) was created in Sichuan province, China, as a stir-fry of marinated chicken with peanuts, chili peppers, and Sichuan pepper. This homemade Kung Pao Tofu is an easy recipes and tastes just as good as the one at my favorite Asian restaurant. It is the vegetarian version of kung pao chicken which is the more popular dish.
Steps to make Kung Pao Tofu:
- Remove the tofu blocks from packs and press to drain them. I wrapped each tofu block with 2 sets of paper towels each, pressed with a heavy weight (book/bowl) on top to drain excess moisture. Leave to drain for 30 mins. The tofu brand that I used in the UK is shown below (2 packs). Tofu selected must be Medium or Firm.
- Whilst tofu is being pressed/drained, on medium heat roast the peanuts in a pan for 5-10mins. Check occasionally. Set aside.
- Again whilst waiting for the tofu, prepare the sauce by WHISKING together all the Sauce Ingredients above with a dash of water. Set aside.
- After 30 mins, once tofu pressed/drained, cut into small cubes. In a Bowl, stir in cubed tofus with 4-5 tablespoons cornflour and mix to coat all (see pic). Once all coated, in a heated pan, add oil and fry the tofu (on all sides) on medium heat for 6-7 mins, until golden brown. Add tiny pinch of salt. Remove and set aside.
- In the same heated pan, add oil and stir in onion chunks, garlic and ginger paste and the red chilli. Cook for 3 mins.
- Then add in red and green peppers, spring onions and stir fry/saute together for 5 mins. Add in the Tofu and mix for 2 mins.
- Then pour sauce all over and mix everything. The tofu and veggies will be coated immediately. To deglaze slightly, add another dash of water and mix. Let cook for 2-3 mins with sauce.
- Finish my drizzling 1 tbsp of honey on top of it all to coat and caramelise the tofu topping and stir! Remove from heat. Garnish with roasted peanuts and spring onions/chives. Serve with rice! ๐๐ผ
This spicy Chinese dish is a stir-fry made with sichuan peppers, dried red chili, peppers, peanuts. This Kung Pao tofu is made with chunks of gingery baked tofu tossed with stir fried veggies and peanuts in spicy sauce. An easy Chinese-inspired vegan dinner that's better than takeout and easy enough for a weeknight! There was a time when I ate at Chinese vegetarian restaurants constantly. If you're looking for more kung pao goodness, check out our kung pao chicken recipe, and also another vegan/vegetarian favorite, my mom's kung pao mushrooms.
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