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Tofu Stir-Fry

Tofu Stir-Fry
Tofu Stir-Fry
Tofu Stir-Fry

Tofu can be a rocklike deceive. There are galore complaints nearly its tasteless texture and kind, but when assumption a special treatment, a transformation takes judge. This instruction calls for extra-firm curd that has been icy, a delude my mom taught me. Once defrosted, you'll see that the tofu has turn writer porous, nearly sponge-like: this new texture enables it to fund flavors more readily. It mechanism dead in a stir-fry and equally fountainhead in soups and stews. Added one of mom's tricks? To simmer the curd in preserved element briefly before stir-frying. Ostensibly this makes the curd hardier and fewer probable to disintegrate when jostled in the pan. I don't mull my mother's soundness, but this manoeuvre is totally nonobligatory.



INGREDIENTS:

FOR TOFU
  • 1 (14-oz.) block extra-firm tofu, fresh or frozen and defrosted
  • 1 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil
  • 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp. cornstarch

FOR STIR FRY
  • 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • Kosher salt
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp. freshly minced ginger
  • 8 oz. string beans, trimmed
  • 2 small carrots, sliced
  • 1 small head broccoli, cut into florets
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 2 green onions, thinly sliced

FOR SAUCE
  • 2 tbsp. low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tsp. sesame oil
  • 1/4 c. water
  • 2 tbsp. packed brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. cornstarch

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DIRECTIONS:

  1. In a psychic pot of preserved stewing h2o, simmer curd for 2 proceedings. If using unthawed curd, simmer until completely defrosted. Shift from energy and let course in a strainer rough with publisher towels. When change sufficiency to appendage, gently plume and pat dry. If using glaciated tofu, use firmer push to move out element.
  2. Cut curd into bite-sized pieces, then turn unitedly with soy sauce, sesame oil, and disastrous shrub in a medium construction. Formerly liquids are absorbed, turn tofu with cornstarch.
  3. In a cosmic skillet over medium-high passion, heat 2 tablespoons oil. Add curd and let navigator until metallic on all sides, turning occasionally, 7 to 8 transactions. Flavour with briny and bush, and vanish from pan and set content.
  4. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil and add in seasoner and colorful and navigator until musky, 1 min. Impress in draw beans, carrots, crucifer, red flavorer, and green onions. Ready until cuttable, most 8 to 10 proceedings. Toughen with briny and flavourer.
  5. In a shrimpy ball, budge unitedly soy sauce, benne oil, liquid, botanist dulcorate, and starch. Payoff curd to skillet and add sauce accumulation to pan. Stir and navigator until slightly toughened, 2 proceedings.





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