The myTofu Chinese flavor provides the ideal foundation for any Asian recipe. This Chinese tofu recipe features a wide range of ingredients from Asian cuisine, including flavorful spices like sesame oil and soy sauce. It also incorporates various vegetables commonly used in Asian cooking, such as mushrooms, green beans, and paprika. While we provide a specific list of ingredients, feel free to make any modifications according to your preferences. For instance, many people prefer to substitute bok choy for green beans. This recipe’s result is a sweet and spicy sauce that contains vegetables, which is served with Jasmine rice and our Chinese myTofu. The suggested amounts provided in this recipe are generally suitable when preparing the dish for two individuals.
Ingredients:
- 150-200 grams uncooked Jasmine rice
- 400 grams of Chinese myTofu
Vegetables:
- 1 White onion
- 1 Spring onion
- 1 Paprika
- 200 Grams of green beans
- 200 Grams of mushrooms
Sauce:
- Garlic
- Ginger
- 100ml soy sauce
- 1 ts sambal
- 1 ts sesam oil
- 1-2 tbs honey
- 1 ts onion powder
- 1 ts chinese five spices
- Rice whine
- Pepper
How to prepare
- Cut your white onions and spring onions.
- Cut your vegetables into pieces according to your preference.
- Cook your Rice for roughly 10 minutes.
- Cook your onions over medium high heat.
- In the meantime you can start boiling your green beans for roughly 10 minutes.
- Once your onions are caramelised, you can add your paprika and mushrooms.
- While the vegetables are cooking it’s time to make your sauce. For this you will firstly need to chop some garlic and ginger into really small pieces. Put the small pieces in a bowl and add 100ml of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of sambal, 1-2 tablespoons of honey, 1 teaspoon of onion powder, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil, some pepper, if available a teaspoon of five spice mix, and if you have rice wine add a tablespoon of it to the sauce.
- Check on your rice and turn off the heat when your rice is ready.
- Drain your green beans and add them to your other vegetables.
- Add your sauce to the vegetables and bring it to a slight simmer
- Cut your Chinese myTofu into small blocks.
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat and put some olive oil or butter in the pan
- Cook your tofu until golden brown on all sides.
- Serve your sauce with your Chinese myTofu, rice and enjoy!
Conclusion
This recipe will have your friends and family stunned by your cooking skills. While super tasty, this recipe is also very healthy. It contains a lot of vitamins and minerals from the vegetables, carbs from the rice, and amino acids (protein) from the tofu. Enjoy your Asian style myTofu Chinese recipe.
