Tuesday 25 September 2012

Teriyaki Tofu and Peanut Noodles

Recipe taken from here.

Ingredients:
  • 1 block of tofu
  • 1/3 cup + 1 TBSP soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup + 1 TBSP white sugar
  • 2 tsp grated ginger
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • 3 TBSP vegetable oil
  • 8 oz pasta
  • 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 tsp chili paste
  • 1/3 cup reserved pasta water
  • 1/2 cup shredded carrots
  • 1 pepper, thinly sliced
  • 3 green onions, thinly sliced
Directions:
1) Place the tofu between layers of paper towels on a plate and place a heavy pan or brick on top for 30 minutes.
2) Mix the 1/3 soy sauce, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 tsp grated ginger and garlic together.
3) Slice the tofu into cubes and put it in a shallow bowl.








4) Pour the sauce over and let sit for 1 hour.
5) Flip the tofu and let sit for another hour.
6) Put the vegetable oil in a pan and heat.






7) Add the tofu and cook for 5 minutes on each side, until it starts to change color.
8) Cook the pasta.







9) Mix the peanut butter, chili paste, 1 TBSP soy sauce, 1TBSP white sugar and 1 tsp grated ginger.
10) Add the pasta to the peanut butter mixture and add the reserved pasta water as necessary to achieve the desired consistency.




11) Add the carrots, pepper and green onions.


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