
Toss the sauce into the skillet with the tofu and cook for a couple of additional minutes until thickened a bit and heated through. While the tofu cooks, whisk together all of the sauce ingredients.Continue to cook until you reach your desired level of crispiness. In my skillet a few pieces on the edges stuck a little but most turned out perfect. The bottom will form a nice crust after about 5 minutes at which time you can flip it and continue to cook it on all sides, about 10 more minutes. Watch the tofu but do not touch it for at least 5 minutes. Once hot, add in the tofu in a single layer. In a large skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat.If you’re not planning to toss this in the sauce, you can now toss the tofu with a bit of salt and pepper and any other spices that will go well with your dish. Mine usually end up about 2/3 of an inch thick on all sides. Pat the tofu dry and cut it into 1/2-1 inch cubes.Make sure that it’s evenly pressing down on the tofu and not lop sided. balance a large skillet or pan on top of the tofu block and weigh it down with something heavy (I usually use a couple of cans). If you have a tofu press, you can use that.* Otherwise, wrap the tofu in a dish towel and place it on a rimmed plate or baking sheet. Posted on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 10:49 am. Spoon the sauce evenly over the tofu, and sprinkle some roasted sesame seeds over top just before serving.If you make this with a whole package of tofu, double the sauce ingredients Make yangnyeomjang (seasoning sauce) in a small bowl by mixing these ingredients:.It fries, fast Dont overcrowd the pan when frying. Transfer the cooked tofu to a serving plate. Fry for a couple of seconds on each side of the tofu cube or until the tofu is a golden color.Turn over each piece and cook another 5 minutes.Cook over low heat for about 5 to 7 minutes until the bottoms of the tofu pieces turn golden brown. Let the tofu fry for 1 minute before adding soy sauce, garlic and sesame seeds. Heat a pan and add 1 to 2 tbs of vegetable oil. Heat olive oil in a frying pan and place the tofu on the hot pan.Towel off each piece with a paper towel.Ī whole package of tofu cut into 20 pieces Slice the tofu into 10 bite size pieces (¼ inch thick rectangles).half package of tofu (about 7 oz: 200 grams).If you say doo boo in front of Koreans, they will be impressed! Ingredients Tofu is pronounced as “ doo boo” in Korean. She was very happy and since that time, she has been doing all kinds of experiments with her favorite tofu side dish. I took my friend to a Korean store and bought a package of tofu for 99 cents. Swirl to coat the pan and then add the coated tofu. Heat a frying pan over medium heat until hot and then add the sesame oil. It seemed like a very easy recipe to make. Dry the tofu off with paper towels and then dust each piece with flour. They were selling the tofu cubed and cooked with sauce for $7.99! The sauce was made with soy sauce and sugar or maple syrup. I was very surprised! Firstly, because it was so expensive, and secondly because it was a very simple tofu recipe.

My friend was a regular customer at the store, so she let me taste it when she bought it. It was in a big building, and in the basement there was a store where people were lining up every weekend up to buy some special tofu. When I lived in Canada, I often went to a farmer’s market on the weekend. I’m introducing 2 kinds of Korean tofu side dishes to you today! (the other dish in the video is Dubu-ganjangjorim).
