Crispy Tofu In Chinese Garlic Sauce : Take less than 20 minutes to prepare this stir fry. I have used Tofu here but you can just replace it with Chicken, Prawn , Mushrooms, even Paneer (Indian Cottage Cheese). Isn’t that cool ??
Prepared these Sunday evening to snack on. Sunday is always a day of indulgence and we have our lunch late afternoon. So it is obvious that we skip the dinner, Instead, I make something quickly like an appetizer for the dinner. Most of my weekends are also lined up with lots of work. Shooting for the blog, working on the photography assignment , cleaning ,dusting and the day ends with spending time with the little one. Among all these things a quick dinner comes into rescue.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 10 minutes |
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Ingredients
- 250 gm Tofu Fresh ,Cut into strips
- 2 tbsps Vegetable oil Peaunut oil/
- 2 Onions large , thinely sliced
- 8 - 10 pods garlic of
- 1/2 tbsp ginger grated
- 1 tsp red chilli flakes
- 1 thin strips thin red bell pepepr, cut into strips
- 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce light
- 1 tsp soy sauce dark
- 1 tsp tomato Ketchup
- 2 tsps cornstarch
- salt pepper and as per taste
- green onions green chillies Chopped and sliced to garnish
Ingredients
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Instructions
- In a large bowl, toss tofu strips with some oil,salt and pepper. Marinate for 10-15 minutes.
- In a small bowl, stir together rice vinegar, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Ketchup and cornstarch. Set aside.
- Heat a large frying pan over high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil. Arrange the tofu strips in a single layer. Let it cook undistuerbed on meduim-high heat for 1-2 minutes. Flips the strips and let it crisp on the other side. The tofu strips should look brown and crisp on both the sides.
- Remove and place on a kitchen towel/tissue paper to absorb extra oil.
- In the same pan add remaining oil. Once it is hot add in garlic, ginger, and red chili flakes. Fry over low heat for about 10-15 seconds, or until aromatic, taking care not to burn the garlic.
- Increase the flame and add Sliced onion. Saute over high heat for a minute. Add red bell pepper and toss in high flame for about 1 minute. Make sure to stir and toss the vegitables well.
- Add the crisp tofu strips followed by the prepared sauce. Toss eveything well. Season with salt or pepper if required.
- The sauce will start to thicken. If it is very thick add 1-2 table spoons of water. Cook furter for a minute or so.
- Garnish with chopped green onions and green chillies.
- Serve hot as an appetizer or along with rice or noodles.
Hi. I stumbled upon your lovely blog from Cumcumber town. Nice to see your lovely recipes and photographs. I am also from Odisha.
Looks really appetizing!
Love Love !!! All that I need is a bowl of fried rice with it.
@Shibani Thank you very much. Glad to see you here.
@Sandhya Thanks dear.. That would be the best combo.
@the take it easy chef Thank you very much