Meat and Firm Tofu Stuffed Peppers. Italian style stuffed bell peppers for the vegetarian (can easily be prepared vegan). Even my meat-eating husband loved these. Stir-fry tofu, onion, and garlic in skillet.
You can cook Meat and Firm Tofu Stuffed Peppers using 15 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Meat and Firm Tofu Stuffed Peppers
- You need 5 of Bell peppers (small).
- You need 100 grams of Firm tofu.
- Prepare 100 grams of Ground mixed pork and beef.
- Prepare 1/2 of Onion (small, finely chopped).
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Panko.
- Prepare 1 of Eggs (medium or large).
- You need 1 dash of Salt and pepper.
- It’s 1 small of amoun Nutmeg (optional).
- It’s 1 of Plain flour.
- It’s 50 ml of Water (to steam).
- It’s of For the Japanese style ankake sauce - for 2 peppers.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of Soy sauce, mirin.
- It’s 1 tsp of Honey (or sugar).
- It’s 2 tbsp of Dashi stock (or water + dashi stock granules).
- You need 1/2 tsp of Katakuriko.
Mix it up with these Tofu Scramble-Stuffed Peppers. Watch the video for a recipe. These Tofu Scramble Stuffed Poblanos are filled with sauteed tofu, mushrooms, bell pepper, spinach, and topped with a homemade creamy vegan aioli! The peppers roast up soft and tender, not too hot and the combination of everything filled me up perfectly.
Meat and Firm Tofu Stuffed Peppers instructions
Wrap the tofu in paper towel, put on a heatproof dish, and microwave for 2 to 3 minutes. (When it starts to steam in the microwave, it's good!).
Cool the tofu a little, and drain off any water that's come out of it. Crush it up with a fork and leave it until it has cooled completely..
Wash the bell peppers, cut in half and take out the seeds..
Pat the peppers dry with paper towels, and dust with flour (shake off the excess)..
Combine the finely chopped onion, panko, ground meat, egg, salt and pepper and nutmeg in a bowl, and mix and knead..
It's good to go when it's sticky!.
Add the crumbled tofu using your hands or a fok..
Mix together well to make the filling..
Stuff it into the bell peppers. The filling should form a mound above the peppers..
Heat vegetable oil (not listed) in a frying pan. Put in the peppers meat side down, and cook over medium heat for about a minute..
When they are browned, turn them over. Add 500 ml of water, cover with a lid, and steam-cook for 2 to 3 minutes..
Take the lid off and let the moisture in the pan evaporate. If the juices run clear when you poke one with a bamboo skewer, they are done. (If the juices are red that means they are still raw inside!).
For the Japanese-style ankake sauce: Add all the sauce ingredients into the frying pan after removing the stuffed peppers. When the sauce has thickened, it's done. Pour it over the peppers, and sprinkle on some sesame seeds if you have them..
If you have any leftover stuffing, form into mini-burgers and pack in your bentos!.
I added ketchup to the mini-burgers for bento..
Topping this with a bit of sriracha cashew. Hakka style stuffed tofu is made with a soft tofu stuffed with ground pork, salted fish, chopped ginger, scallion and lots of other spices. We grew up with a lot of traditional southern Chinese dishes, including this Hakka-style Stuffed Tofu. My mom made this dish often, and as I hung around the. Stuffed peppers with mince, rice and tomato sauce, Turkish or Eastern European style of cooking stuffed peppers.
