Good, watch that sauce doesn't get too congealed
Deep Fried Tofu with Mushroom Sauce
Ingredients:
* 2 blocks firm tofu
* *potato starch/flour for dusting tofu.
* 1 1/2 cup dashi soup stock
* 5 tbsps soysauce
* 4 tbsps mirin
* 3 tbsp potatostarch/cornstarch and 3 tbsps water
* 4 shiitake mushrooms
* 1/2 carrot
* 1/2 small onion
* 1 enoki mushroom
* *vegetable oil for frying.
How to Cook:
1. Wrap tofu with paper towel and place it on a cutting board.
2. Put another cutting board or a plate on top the tofu to remove liquid from tofu.
3. Cut shiitake mushrooms, carrot, and onion in thin and short strips.
4. Cut enoki mushroom into 2-inch length.
5. Saute carrot and onion in a pan.
6. Add shiitake and enoki mushrooms in the pan and saute together.
7. Put dashi soup stock, soy sauce, and mirin in the pan and bring to a boil.
8. When the sauce boils, add starch and water mixture in the pan and stir quickly.
9. Stop the heat.
10. Dry drained tofu with paper towels and cut each tofu into 4 pieces.
11. Dust tofu with potatostarch/flour thinly.
12. Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
13. Fry tofu in 350 F oil until it turns brown.
14. Serve fried tofu pieces in a plate and pour mushroom sauce over them.
*Makes 4 servings
Posted by cheryl at December 25, 2007 02:17 PM