Fried Tofu

Ok I stunned myself when I cooked this tonight. It was totally yum and it's my own recipe. I have had a go at it before but not been so impressed with the result. This evening, I first consulted the Lee Wade book on Korean Cookery and as often happens with that book the ingredients and instructions combined simply do not add up to what is in the picture so I hurled it aside in frustration and improvised.

Pictures soon I promise...I was too busy eating it to think about photographing it this time.

Ingredients

half a block of tofu cut into one inch long and 1 cm thick pieces

soy sauce

approx 1 tablespoon sesame oil

approx 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil

sea salt

quarter of a spoon of dwaenjang

a few pinches of sesame seeds

1 small spring onion


Directions

• Cut the spring onion into diamond shape slices and put to one side

• Mix about 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and the dwaenjang together in a small bowl. You might need to add a tiny amount of hot water to the paste to get it mixed, depending on how solid it is.

• Heat a small amount of sesame oil and olive oil together in a small frying pan.

• Fry the tofu for about 5-10 minutes, turning ocassionally until it is well browned on both sides. Sprinkle a bit of sea salt on ocassionally. Once it is almost done, pour about half a tablespoon of soy sauce into the pan and as it sizzles away, move the tofu pieces through it.

• Arrange the tofu pieces on a plate in an attractive manner. Add a bit more salt depending on how much you like ( I like mine quite salty). Sprinkle the spring onion on top and then drizzle the soy sauce and dwaejang mixture over the top (put a bit on first...then add more if, having tasted it you want more). sprinkle a few sesame seeds over the top. Voila, a yummy side dish or snack!

Sheer beauty on a plate. ^^













Aiiigo!