Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, fried tofu in lemongrass. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Fried tofu in lemongrass is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fried tofu in lemongrass is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
Ready-fried tofu is available in Asian markets—all you need to do is heat the tofu by refrying or baking it to get back its crunchiness. Instead of fresh lemongrass use powdered, which can be stored in your pantry. Everything is thrown into a pan, seasoned, and heated through.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have fried tofu in lemongrass using 5 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Fried tofu in lemongrass:
- Get 1 packages firm tofu
- Take 3 tbsp chopped lemongrass
- Make ready 1 tsp salt
- Take 1 tbsp sambal chili
- Prepare 1 tsp tumeric
Pan-Fried Tofu with Spicy Lemongrass Sauce (Tofu Nuong Xa). The original version of this Vietnamese-style tofu dish calls for deep-frying the tofu. Pan-searing renders a healthier version that's just as delicious. If you need to prepare fried tofu cubes on your own, the most important thing to remember is to properly drain as much liquid as possible from the tofu.
Steps to make Fried tofu in lemongrass:
- Open and drain water out of tofu package. Use paper towels to firmly squeeze dry the tofu. Any water on tofu will pop and splatter all over when frying.
- Sliver diagnally on one side of tofu, not too deep, flip and slice opposite diagnally on the other side. Optionally can make slits all around. Put on plate.
- In small bowl, add lemongrass, salt, hot pepper, tumeric. Mix well. Wear gloves to gently put mixture in slits of tofu. Tumeric will stain hands.
- Can let it sit in fridge to marinate it better, or just fry it if in a hurry. Flip tofu on both sides when frying. Serve with rice and vegetables. (I like to leave it in bag to marinate and fry only what i plan to eat)
This spicy relish is simple to make as long as you have the ingredients. The spices include lemongrass, shallot, garlic, red Thai bird eye chilies. This recipe calls for tofu, plenty of vegetables, and lemongrass for a Thai flavor. Not sure what to do with lemongrass? If you've got some left over, or you've got plenty growing wild in your yard and are sick of lemongrass tea, here's a way to incorporate its flavors into a Thai-inspired vegetable stir-fry.
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