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Salt and Pepper Tofu Recipe

Crispy fried tofu tossted with bell peppers, onions, spring onions and chilli slices with homemade seasoning mix. Simple but not bland, packed with flavour!
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: British Chinese, Chinese
Diet: Vegan
Prep Time: 19 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 161kcal
Author: Khin

Ingredients

  • 300 g Tofu Firm or Extra firm tofu ( about 8.8 oz )
  • ½ Onion ( Cut in slices ) Large sweet or white onion
  • ½ Bell Pepper ( Cut in slices )
  • 1 Red Chilli ( Cut in slices ) Optional
  • 2 Cloves Garlic ( Fine chopped )
  • ½ tsp Crushed chilli flakes Optional
  • 1 cup Corn starch ( or potato starch )
  • Oil for frying Vegetable or neutral flavour oil

Seasoning Powder Mix

  • ½ tsp Salt ( Use fine salt )
  • ½ tsp White pepper powder ( Or black pepper powder )
  • ½ tsp Chinese five spices powder ( See detials in note )
  • ½ tsp Chicken Powder Optional ( see details in note )

Instructions

  • Add salt, white pepper powder, Chinese five spices powder and chicken powder in a small mixing bowl. Mix it well and set aside.
  • Prepare all the vegetables buy cut the onions, peppers, spring onion and chilli into thin slices. Finely chop the garlic and set aside.
  • Drain the water out from the tofu packet, place the tofu block on the few layers of paper towel. Cover with more paper towel and gently press and pat dry it.
  • Cut the tofu into half inch cubes. Dredge and coat the tofu cubes in the corn starch and toss the excess flour out before frying.
  • To deep fry the tofu cubes, fill the frying pan with vegetable oil over 1". Heat the oil to high heat about 350° F and fry until each side of coating are crispy for 5-6 minutes.
  • Remove from oil and transfer to paper towel and set aside.
  • In a large wok or pan, heat a tablespoon of vegetable oil over medium heat. Add onion slices and stir for few seconds and follow with the chopped garlic.
  • Stir for few seconds and add bell pepper, chilli slices and crush chilli flakes. Place the fried tofu cubes back in, sprinkle the seasoning powder mix. Toss all ingredients evenly for 1-2 minutes.
  • Add sliced spring onions and mix well.
  • Remove from heat and transfer to serving plate. Serve immediately.

Notes

  • Tofu - Use firm tofu as soft tofu can breaks easily when you deep fry and tossed again with spices. Important to pat dry the tofu with paper towels to remove the excess water in the tofu. 
  • Chinese Five Spices Powder – is a powder mixture of cinnamon, star anise, cloves, Sichuan peppercorns, and fennel. You can find it in most Chinese/Oriental grocery stores or Amazon online. 
  • Chicken Powder - is an optional ingredient. You can add chicken powder if you want to taste your chips like your favourite takeaway shop. Vegetarian seasoning powder, msg, fine caster sugar, or dashi powder can be substituted. 
  • White Pepper - Recommend to use white pepper powder to taste like authentic Chinese flavour but if you don't have white pepper in hand, substitute with black pepper powder. 
  • Servings - You can serve up to 4 persons as a side dish or appetizer and serve 2 persons as a main meal. 

Nutrition

Calories: 161kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 712mg | Potassium: 189mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1147IU | Vitamin C: 73mg | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 2mg
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