Making Sweet & Sour Tofu
Sweet and Sour Tofu
This tasty sauce is flavored with layers of honey, soy, and garlic. People have compared it to the âbourbonâ sauce popular at some Chinese restaurants. The quick pan frying of the tofu triangles makes the outside crispy and preserves the soft texture inside, a wonderful contrast against the crisp-tender vegetables. For this recipe, I like to have larger chunks of tofu to preserve more of the contrast between the crisp outside and tender inside. First, I cut the brick parallel to the face. Then I cut one of the halves into 6 equals square. Cut each of those squares across the diagonal and you'll have12 triangular pieces..
Equipment
- Small sauce pan
- Skillet
Ingredients
- ½ Container (19 oz) Regular tofu
- ¼ Cup Soy sauce or tamari
- ¼ Cup Apple juice
- 2 Tbsp Seasoned rice vinegar
- 2 Tbsp Honey
- 2 Tbsp Ketchup
- 1 Clove garlic / 1 cube frozen Garlic crushed
- ½ Tsp Red pepper flakes. Optional
- 1 Tsp Cornstarch or flour
- 2 Heads baby bok choy, cut into bite-size pieces (about 2-2 ½ cups)
- ½ Each of one yellow, red, and orange bell pepper, sliced
- 2 Cups Broccoli florets
- 2 Stalks Green onion sliced
Instructions
- Cut tofu into large pieces (such as triangle shapes, about a dozen pieces).
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine soy sauce, juice, vinegar, honey, ketchup, garlic, and pepper flakes. Stir, bring sauce to a simmer, and reduce heat. Add cornstarch (dissolved in 1 Tbsp water) and stir until sauce thickens, about one minute. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a wok or skillet over high heat. Add tofu and pan-fry until all sides are golden brown. Transfer tofu to a plate and set aside.
- In the same wok or skillet, over high heat, stir fry thicker white pieces of boy choy, bell pepper, and broccoli, adding 1-2 Tbsp of water to help vegetables cook easily. After 2 minutes, add leafy pieces of bok choy and green onion, stir frying for less than a minute. Add tofu and sauce. Stir to distribute sauce throughout evenly. Serve over white or brown rice.
Reviews
Jessica Rosenberger
Pretty good. You need a huge wok and a hot stove. My sauce was pretty runny. I may increase the cornstarch a bit next time (and hope it doesn’t impact the flavor). I used regular onions instead of green onions, which I did like…maybe I will use both next time.
Grace with cheese
This was delicious. It is a flexible recipe to work with whatever you have on hand. In my case, orange juice instead of apple juice, and cider vinegar instead of rice vinegar. Also stir fried tofu with cauliflower and potato is what was in my fridge.
