Stuffed Fried Tofu. Stuffed and deep fried, these little bricks of tofu are crispy on the outside and soft and delicate on the inside, with a small mound of ground shrimp filling to top it off. Usually, the stuffing in restaurant versions of this dish use a quarter or less of what we have used here, maybe to emphasize the tofu or boost margin, but feel free to put. This recipe for fried & stuffed tofu in tomato sauce is a meatified version of the popular Vietnamese dish of tofu in tomato sauce (or Đậu hũ dồn thịt sốt cà chua).
Serve alongside cooked rice and drizzle the triangles with teriyaki sauce.
You might love it when drenched in hot coconut laksa.
But here, tofu puffs are deep-fried and potato stuffed, and you might love it too.
You can have Stuffed Fried Tofu using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Stuffed Fried Tofu
- It's 4 sheets of Fried tofu.
- Prepare 200 g of Minced meat (pork or chicken).
- You need 50 g of Carrot.
- You need 10 cm of Green onion.
- Prepare 10 g of Oba (Japanese basil, otherwise basil).
- It's 200 mL of Dashi Broth (A).
- Prepare 2 tbsp of Soy sauce (A).
- It's 2 tbsp of Cooking Sake (otherwise wine) (A).
- It's 1 tbsp of Sugar (A).
- Prepare 8 of toothpicks (or snap a spaghetti noodle to approximately 8 cm long and make 8 sticks.): You don’t have to remove sticks when you use spaghetti noodle sticks.).
- Prepare of Oba (otherwise basil, for topping).
- It's of Roasted sesame (for topping).
A plate of tofu puffs are first emptied of tofu, then stuffed with a creamy, savoury mixture of mashed potato, rich eggs and soft tofu. Try it, it's a mix cooked in culinary heaven. The stuffed, battered and deep-fried tofu puffs are served with red hot chillies and black tea or beer to help tame the heat. It's fried and marinated tofu stuffed with seasoned rice.
Stuffed Fried Tofu step by step
- Chop the carrot, the green onion, and the Oba into small pieces..
- Cut the fried tofu into halves..
- Knead the minced meat until it becomes sticky. Then add chopped ingredients to the meat and mix them..
- Open the fried tofu pockets carefully, and stuff fillings into the fried tofu..
- Place the stuffed tofu and simmer it over medium-low heat over 10 minutes..
- Cut the Oba into thin strips..
- When it is cooked, leave the pan for a while. Cut it in half and serve on a plate. Sprinkle the roasted sesame and the Oba..
The tofu tastes sweet, soft, and juicy, and the rice is vinegared: it's a very unique combination, and even a little meaty! It's very simple to make, and very popular in Korea. Inari sushi is made by filling a pouch of seasoned fried tofu (abura age) with sushi rice. It is named after the Shinto god, Inari, who is said to have had a fondness for tofu. Cut each tofu puff into halves and stuff with fish paste.