Just Fried Firm Tofu: Easy Homemade Atsuage-Style Dish. Learn how to make Atsuage from Tofu ! We normally buy Atsuage off the shelf but homemade one is just Next Level ! Thank you for watching the video💖 !
You can cook Just Fried Firm Tofu: Easy Homemade Atsuage-Style Dish using 2 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Just Fried Firm Tofu: Easy Homemade Atsuage-Style Dish
- It’s 1 block of Firm tofu.
- Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp of Sesame oil.
See recipes for Fried Tofu with Chives, Fried Tofu too. After frying, the firm tofu got a great texture which taste like meat. Silken tofu is the next most common tofu style. It's made in a similar process to block tofu, except that the Firm silken tofu should never be confused with or substituted for a firm block tofu.
Just Fried Firm Tofu: Easy Homemade Atsuage-Style Dish instructions
Drain the excess water from the firm tofu if it's soft. Wrapping in a kitchen towel and pressing it down gently works the best..
Cut into 1 cm thick pieces..
Add the sesame oil into a non-stick frying pan and spread the oil all over using the Step 2 tofu. Arrange the pieces of tofu in the pan so that they don't overlap each other..
Turn on the heat and fry the tofu while swirling and gently shaking the pan. When one side is well browned, flip, and brown the other side as well..
And you're done. Serve with bonito flakes and soy sauce, or use it for another dish..
I personally prefer to just buy inari, as the at-home recipes I've tried never turn out to my liking, though some may. Firm tofu is less liable to fall apart, especially if you drain off the water a bit. Some recipes call for extracting even more water from the tofu (see using tofu for bento friendly As mentioned above, aburaage can be frozen. Firm atsuage can also be frozen, though the inner texture will change a bit. The fastest, easiest way to make crispy tofu for any dish.
