Angry Tofu Strips
Inspired by White on Rice Couple's recent post/video on Mojo Tofu and an excess of Angry Chicken marinade, I decided to make a nice vegetarian friendly option. I love, love, love spicy food and so does B. Sometimes I have to slap his hand away from the sriracha bottle and scold him in my angry, old Chinese lady voice, "Stop it. You gonna drown out the delicate flavors!" The rest of the time I'm fighting him for the bottle. :)
After pressing out the excess liquid from the firm tofu, I marinaded it in my spicy, "angry" yogurt mix with a few extra serrano chiles. After a few hours I breaded my tofu strips with some panko for extra crunch and fried them up in the some canola oil. I did this on the same night I made the shiitake tempura. Can you say food frying frenzy???
Crispy, check! Spicy, check! Delicious, check check check! Since fried foods go hand in hand with nice cold beer, we enjoyed this meal with Laguanita's Hairy Eyeball Ale.
Crispy, check! Spicy, check! Delicious, check check check! Since fried foods go hand in hand with nice cold beer, we enjoyed this meal with Laguanita's Hairy Eyeball Ale.
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OK I've not done the recipe, but I've cooked with Tofu before. So it's an opinion based on past experience.
I've tried with Tofu. I really have tried. I've tried to make it interesting. I've soaked the stuff overnight with all sorts of stuff. Yes I know I should've Marinaded it, rather than soaking it...
...but soaking is the only way I can describe what I did with the stuff.
Yesterday, we marinated paneer (Indian cottage cheese, like tofu but yummier) and capsicum in a spicy hot yogurt chutney marinade and broiled it to make paneer tikka masala. I have a feeling you would have liked it. :)
Looks mean. Try soaking it in teriyaki sauce for about 5 to 10 mins. then use either an egg wah with flour and panko ( the japanese bread crumbs). fry and serve. Very good.. have you tried stuffing tofu?
Would make a delicious meal.. Speaking of stuffing, hasve you tried stuff egg plant ( the asain variety - long type)? Got a mean recipe for it...
This looks delicious and I love spicy food too. My boyfriend and I fight over the sriracha bottle all time, though he usually wins over me. And I'm the Asian one too, can you believe it?! ;)
Ask them for frozen paneer (puh-neer)..try the Swad or Nanak brand. Just thaw it and use like you would tofu. I know you'll find lots of delicious things to do with it.