One More Dish: Firm Tofu Teriyaki. Teriyaki tofu is the ultimate tofu dish made with tofu cut into cubes, dredged in cornstarch, and A homemade teriyaki sauce finishes this teriyaki tofu and is served over a bowl of rice. It's simple to make, and involves firm tofu—those white blocks that you can find in most grocery stores these days. One of the most popular tofu dishes you may already know is Agedashi Tofu, which is tender creamy tofu bites in a crunchy deep fried shell soaked in dashi broth. One More Dish: Firm Tofu Teriyaki

You can have One More Dish: Firm Tofu Teriyaki using 10 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of One More Dish: Firm Tofu Teriyaki
  1. You need 1 block of Firm tofu.
  2. It’s 1 dash of Salt.
  3. You need 1 dash of Pepper.
  4. It’s 1 of Katakuriko.
  5. It’s 1 of Vegetable oil.
  6. Prepare 1 of Green onions (chopped).
  7. You need of Teriyaki sauce.
  8. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Sugar.
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp of Mirin.
  10. Prepare 2 tbsp of Mentsuyu (3x concentrate).

The key to making tofu crispy is to dry it out. This pan fried teriyaki tofu is great for appetizer, party food, side dish or even as a main course that serve with rice. On the other hand, bean curd doesn't have much flavor and it's very plain. Cooking tips for crispy teriyaki tofu: Personally, I like to use firm tofu for stir fried, pan fried or deep fried.

One More Dish: Firm Tofu Teriyaki step by step

  1. Wrap the firm tofu in a double layer of paper towels. Leave it for a while to drain the excess moisture..

  2. If you leave the paper towel wrapped tofu on a sieve over a container to catch the water that comes out of it, cover and leave in the refrigerator for about half a day, you'll be able to drain water..

  3. Mix the teriyaki sauce ingredients together..

  4. Cut the drained tofu into the size you want, and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper..

  5. Heat up a frying pan and put in some vegetable oil. Coat the tofu pieces from Step 4 with katakuriko, and put into the frying pan (make sure the tofu pieces don't stick together)..

  6. Coat all sides of the cut tofu with katakuriko..

  7. Cover the frying pan with a lid and let the tofu cook for a while, then turn the pieces over..

  8. Cook for a while with the lid off. Mix up the sauce from Step 3 again and pour it into the pan. Turn the tofu pieces over to coat with the sauce..

  9. Since the tofu pieces are coated with katakuriko, the sauce will become thickened..

  10. Transfer to serving plates and sprinkle with chopped green onion..

This teriyaki tofu reipce makes delicious tofu with crispy edges that are tossed in a sweet and savory teriyaki sauce. Occasionally, I buy fresh super firm tofu from Chinese tofu makers in Sacramento. They're solid bricks that are very firm—so firm that you can't see individual tofu curds in the center. I talk about that more below. If you were making mapo tofu, then softer tofu works for that dish, but generally for most tofu bowl dishes, the firmer the better so the tofu cubes keep their shape.