Mildly sweet n sour tofu salad. Make this sweet and sour tofu in minutes and forget about the takeout! It's sweet from the honey, sour from the squeeze of lime juice, salty from the soy sauce and caramelizes into a delicious sticky coating on the tofu when it's all tossed together at the end. Since tofu has a high water content, you want to try to remove as much of it as you can to avoid a watery stir fry or salad.
Heat oil in a wide pan over medium heat. Remove from pan and place on a paper towel. This dish is mildly spicy; to make it extra kid-friendly, omit the chiles from the sweet and sour sauce. You can cook Mildly sweet n sour tofu salad using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mildly sweet n sour tofu salad
- You need 1/2 of garlic.
- You need 2 of large birds eye chillis (low - med on scoville scale).
- Prepare 2-3 tablespoons of Olive oil.
- It's 1/4 tablespoon of Fennel powder.
- Prepare 1/4 tablespoon of Chicken stock.
- It's 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce.
- Prepare 1 of large tomato.
- You need of Cauliflower, brussel sprouts, carrots, asparagus etc.
- It's of Tofu.
- Prepare of Basil leaf as garnish.
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Mildly sweet n sour tofu salad instructions
- Chop garlic and chilli, lightly fry in olive oil.
- Add diced vegetables with tomato and stir-fry. Crush tomatos till juices spread at the bottom of the pan.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, and chicken stock/ fennel powder mix in 100g warm water.
- Add tofu, diced. Stirfry till veges get chewy (not too soft, density in fibres retained).
- Garnish with basil leaves.
This lovely sweet and sour crispy tofu with veggies is paying all the work off. Inside the delicious sauce, the amazing crispy shell with a Sweet and sour taste has two explanations in Chinese. One is "酸甜", literally means "sweet and sour" and the other one is "糖醋", which means sugar and vinegar. Vegan crispy sweet and sour tofu keeps dinner easy! It's perfect served over rice or with sautéed chinese broccoli or bok choy.