Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Thai style something or other

I wanted to try my hand at crispy tofu and I think I succeeded! I took 2 blocks of extra firm tofu, cut it into pieces and pressed it with paper towels to get the moisture out (I'm learning there's a method to do the whole block at once so I'll be looking into that). Then I coated it in a mixture of corn starch, salt, pepper and garlic powder. They needed about 6 minutes on each side over medium-high heat in a pan generously coated in oil. I also cooked up some onion in another pan and added a bag of frozen stir fry veggies to that, mixing in some green curry paste, sriracha and fish sauce. The I served the whole thing over rice and topped with peanut sauce and cilantro. I wish I could have added a bit of coconut milk, but I threw this together out of stuff I had on hand.

Full disclosure: this came out a bit salty which is a food crime I CANNOT abide, so I will have to be more careful next time. I think the fish sauce is betraying me. I've only cooked with it twice and I think I'm vastly underestimating its salt content. Rookie mistake. Live and learn! The tofu itself was great though. I make a chicken coconut curry with eggplant, potato and carrots and I can't wait to do a version with the tofu.









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