Maangchi Official Pan-Fried Tofu
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Official cooking video · Maangchi · YOUTUBECrispy Pan-Fried Tofu with Korean Soy-Sesame Sauce (4)
Crisp tofu in a skillet, then spoon uncooked soy-sesame sauce over it. Unlike braised tofu, the sauce is not simmered with the tofu.
Ingredients
servings: 4 · Check ingredients
Steps
- 01
Cut tofu into eight slices and thoroughly pat dry with paper towels.
- 02
Mix soy sauce, chili flakes, garlic, onion, scallion, sesame oil and optional sugar to make the sauce.
- 03
Heat oil over medium-high, add tofu in a single layer, reduce heat to medium and cook the first side about five minutes until golden.
- 04
Flip and cook the second side about five minutes, then transfer to a plate.
- 05
Spoon the sauce over cooked tofu, sprinkle sesame, and do not simmer it again in the sauce.
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Before you cook
Dry tofu thoroughly before frying to reduce splatter. Refrigerate leftovers with raw aromatics within two hours. Check soy, wheat in soy sauce and sesame allergens.
Allergens: 두부·간장: 대두 / tofu and soy sauce: soy / 豆腐・しょうゆ：大豆, 간장 제품에 따라 밀 / soy sauce may contain wheat / しょうゆに小麦を含む場合あり, 참기름·깨: 참깨 / sesame oil and seeds: sesame / ごま油・ごま
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