Honey Ginger Tofu with Rice and Cucumber Salad
Crispy tofu with a sweet and spicy honey ginger sauce, served with rice and cucumber salad. If you love honey ginger beef, then you'll love this honey ginger tofu version! Sauce adapted from Delicious Tonight.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 block super firm tofu, drained and pressed
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil* or other neutral oil
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced (or 1 cup finely chopped onion), plus more for garnish
- 1 Thai chili, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- ¼ cup dark soy sauce
- ¼ cup Shaoxing wine
- 2 Tablespoons toasted sesame oil*
- 5 Tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons grated fresh ginger
- ¼ cup oyster sauce**
- 2 cups cooked rice, for serving
Cucumber Salad:
- 2 Persian cucumbers, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
Instructions
- Make the cucumber salad. Toss together the sliced cucumber with the rice vinegar, sugar and the toasted sesame oil. Set aside while you make the rest of the items.
- Grate the tofu using a large hole box grater. If large pieces come off, slice them very thinly. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the scallions, chili, and garlic and cook, stirring often, for 1-2 minutes until it is just fragrant. Add the tofu and cook, stirring often, until the tofu is golden brown and crispy, about 10-12 minutes.
- While the tofu is cooking, make the sauce. Whisk together the soy sauce, wine, sesame oil, honey, ginger and oyster sauce. Add the sauce to the tofu and cook another minute or two to warm through and coat the tofu.
- Serve warm over cooked rice and the cucumber salad. Garnish with thinly sliced scallions if desired.
Notes
**I prefer the flavor of toasted sesame oil in the sauce as sesame oil itself doesn't have much flavor. You can saute the tofu in toasted sesame oil if that's all you have. The dark soy sauce makes for a richer flavor and darker tofu, but you can sub regular if that's what you have.
*I use a vegetarian oyster sauce. Lee Kum Kee makes one that I can get at the grocery store, but you can also grab online.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 425kcalCarbohydrates: 53gProtein: 12gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gSodium: 1274mgPotassium: 333mgFiber: 1gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 158IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 67mgIron: 2mg