Fried Tofu And Spinach Sandwich Recipe

Fried Tofu And Spinach Sandwich

From elvybeauti 15 years ago

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10 minutes to make
Serves 3

This filling dish takes tofu and makes it exciting! and super tasty. I don't know about you, but I love crispy tofu. This is an adaption from my favorite item in a japanese restaurant in Alfred, NY called Nana's. Read more See less

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Ingredients

1 Block of firm tofu (any brand), sliced into small squares about 1/4 inch thick shopping list
1 cup Plain steamed shredded spinach shopping list
1/2 tsp dill weed shopping list
About 2 cups regular bread crumbs shopping list
1/2 can of white beans, drained and washed off with water shopping list
soy sauce shopping list
flour shopping list
Brown ginger sauce (can be purchased at most large grocery stores), or you can substitute with peanut sauce shopping list
Conola oil shopping list

How to make it

Combine dill weed and flour in a small bowl.
Puree the white beans and add water until it reaches a "liquid" consistency, and then place in a small bowl.
Add desired amount of soy sauce to the spinach and mix thoroughly. You can use as much or as little as you want. Usually a couple seconds of sprinkling the sauce is sufficient.
Slice tofu into small squares, make sure they are around 1/4 inch thick--they can be any length/width, depending on your preference.
Make a "sandwich" by layering spinach between two slices of tofu.
Take the sandwich and pat it in the flour and dill weed mixture until completely covered. Don't forget the sides!
Dip the sandwich in the white bean paste until completely covered. This is where it gets messy :)
Cover the sandwich in the bread crumbs. It should feel pretty stable after this point, and ready to be fried.
Pan fry in the conola oil until golden brown on top, bottom, and sides.
Serve with brown ginger sauce or your favorite asian sauce--this can make or breaks the dish, so pick something you love!
I hope the pictures help!

Slice the tofu Close

Create a "liquid" consistency by pureeing the white beans and adding a little water-- it is easy to work with Close

Make the "sandwich" Close

Cover the sandwich in flour--getting all sides Close

Fry them up until they are golden brown Close

Serve with brown ginger sauce and a vegetable Close

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basyrig 2 years ago
I made these every Wednesday working at Nana's for a year but still I lost my written recipe and forgot a number of the steps. I'm so glad I found this online. Literally the first thing that came up when I searched tofu sandwich with spinach. Thanks so much for posting. For the other commenter here (I know it was a while ago): there's a recipe from Fine cooking - Rotini with Ground Pork and Spicy Peanut Sauce - that's really similar to what I think you mean by the tofu pate. I sub out the pork for tofu (which I press the water out of first) and I don't add the rotini and this mixture tastes really similar to the tofu that Nana would add to that tofu wrap.
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azs 14 years ago
Tofu sandwich was my favorite at Nana's but I really need to know how to make the tofu pate. I can't even remember exactly what it tastes like, let alone what could possibly be in it.
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