fried tofu in peanut sauce
From rcragun 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is a tangy tofu recipe with a rich Thai peanut sauce. If you're looking for a good way to season tofu, this is a great, simple recipe to make it happen.
Ingredients
- peanut sauce shopping list
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil shopping list
- 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin shopping list
- 4 tablespoons lime juice shopping list
- 1/2 cup soy sauce shopping list
- 1 cup peanut butter (smooth or chunky) shopping list
- 1/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk shopping list
- fried tofu shopping list
- 2 pounds tofu, extra firm, cut into 1/2 inch chunks shopping list
- 4 tablespoons peanut oil shopping list
- 4 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
How to make it
- for sauce
- In a small saucepan heat oil to medium high. Add onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and cumin. Cook until onion and garlic are fragrant, but not brown, about 10 minutes.
- Stir in lime juice and soy sauce.
- Gradually stir in peanut butter and then coconut milk until smooth. Cook, stirring, until hot, about 5 minutes.
- for fried tofu
- Add the peanut oil and garlic to a large frying pan. Heat to medium high and add the tofu. Fry until dark brown.
- Cook the rice.
- Serve the peanut sauce over the fried tofu and rice.
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Hello....
I really like Tofu...and this recipe sounds
like something I would like to try!
My daughter, I believe would like it, too!
Thank-you for sharing....mjcmcook...
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sounds great making it tonight thanks!!
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