“Sticky“ Sesam Tofu

The recipe itself is in german but I did a quick translation.

Ingredients

Sticky Sesame Tofu

• 200 g smoked tofu (we got natural tofu)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• 1/4 tsp. chili flakes (or Tabasco/chili powder)
• 2 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 tbsp. sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp. sesame oil (for frying)

Sweet and Sour Sauce

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 3 tbsp. soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon maple syrup
• 2 tbsp brown sugar (or coconut blossom sugar)
• 1 garlic clove (pressed or 1/3TL garlic flakes)
• 1 piece of ginger (finely chopped or 1/3TL ginger powder)

Side dishes

• 200 g jasmine rice
• 1 broccoli (divided into florets) Toppings
• Spring onions (cut into rings)
• Roasted sesame seeds
• Roasted peanuts

Instructions

1. Whisk together soy sauce, maple syrup, sesame oil and chili flakes to make a marinade. Remove tofu from package, wrap in a dish towel* and squeeze out liquid. Then cut into cubes, mix into a large and shallow bowl with the marinade and let sit in it for at least 15 minutes. Add cornstarch and sesame seeds and mix everything together well*.

2. Puree all ingredients for sweet and sour sauce with a blender until smooth and season to taste if necessary.

3. Prepare rice according to package directions. Cook broccoli*.

4. Heat sesame oil in a skillet and sauté tofu over medium heat for 8-10 minutes, until tofu is golden brown. Optionally, add some of the cooked broccoli and sauté for another 3-4 minutes.

5. Add the sweet and sour sauce, stir everything together and sauté for about 2-3 minutes until the sauce has thickened.

6. Serve together with rice and broccoli. Top with toasted sesame seeds, peanuts and spring onions.

Notes

• Or paper towels.
• You can put the marinated tofu in a freezer bag along with the starch and sesame seeds and toss everything well. But it also works with a spoon or your hands.
• The broccoli can be prepared as you like, for example boil or fry.

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Relatable.

We did it partly and the next time I would definitely toss all the broccoli in to the pan, with the sweet sour sauce.
In this case, the broccoli wasn’t greasy, maybe a little plus. But also the taste was a little bit boring, compared with the sweet source broccoli. 🥦