The sweet and sour flavours used in the marinade help to make tofu, which is a bland sort of food, come alive.
Ingredients
400grams Firm Tofu Drained
60ml Low Sodium Soy Sauce
1 Teaspoon Asian Sesame Oil
1 ½ Teaspoons Packed Dark Brown Sugar
1 ½ Teaspoons Fresh Ginger Peeled And Finely Grated
1 Small Garlic Clove Minced
¼ Teaspoon Tabasco Sauce Or Dried Hot Red Pepper Flakes
1 Tablespoon + 1 Teaspoon Vegetable Oil
2 x 140gram Bags Of Asian Greens Or Baby Spinach
Instructions
1. Cut the tofu crosswise into 6 slices and then arrange on a triple layer of paper towels and thenon top of this place a baking sheet or baking pan and leave to stand for 2 minutes. After this time remove the paper from above and below and replace with more dry paper towels. Repeat this process twice more.
2. Whilst you are attempting to drain as much liquid from the tofu as possible you can now makethe marinade. Into a bowl place the soy sauce, sesame oil, brown sugar, ginger, garlic, Tabasco sauce or red pepper flakes and a tablespoon of vegetable oil and mix well together. Now pour into a shallow dish and to this add the slices of tofu and leave to marinate in the mixture for 8 minutes. It is important that whilst the tofu is marinating in the sauce you turn it over every couple of minutes. This will help to ensure that as much of the marinade is absorbed by the tofu.
3. Whilst the tofu is marinating in the sauce you can start the barbecue up. Cook it on a mediumheat making sure that you turn it over once during the cooking time. To ensure that the tofu is cooked correctly it should remain on the grill for between 4 and 6 minutes.
4. Whilst the tofu is cooking on the barbecue you now need to prepare the Asian greens or babyspinach to go with it. Take the other tablespoon of oil and place in a frying pan or skillet and once it has heated up you add the greens and toss them until they start to wilt. Any left over marinade can then be poured over the greens.
5. Once the greens and tofu are cooked then take the greens out of the frying pan letting any excessmarinade to drip off first and then place equal amounts on to two plates. Then on top of this place three slices of the cooked tofu and serve to your vegetarian guests.
