Welcome to Easy Korean Cooking Class: how to make tofu dishes (bonus lesson #1)

Bonus lesson 1: Tofu dishes

Korean pan fried tofu with homemade teriyaki sauce and  sesame oil sauce

Koreans love to cook with tofu.  Tofu is a popular ingredient for soups ("chigae" or "gook").  Tofu can be a dish ( or  a side dish) on its own. Tofu is first pan fried and further cooked with Kimchi (Kimchi fried tofu) or can be dressed with a simple soy sauce based garnish.  In this lesson, I will show you how to pan fry tofu and create a very simply but flavorful sauce/garnish---all in the same pan!  

Ingredients: tofu, gochugaru, sesame oil, homemade teriyaki sauce, scallion

Ingredients: 

tofu (1 pound block, cut into 2 inch by 2 inch by 1/2 inch pieces: total 12 pieces),

homemade teriyaki sauce, 1 TB), green onions (about 1 stem, finely chopped), sesame oil (3 drops), "gochugaru"(Korean red pepper flakes)

Steps: 

1. Pat dry tofu and cut into 12 pieces (rectangular shapes)

2. Lightly salt tofu on one side only

3: Heat a nonstick pan on med heat, add oil when hot, add tofu with salted side on the pan.

tofu being pan fried

4: When tofu has turned golden brown, flip. Cook for another 2 min.

5:  Make a simple sauce directly in the pan by adding the following: homemade teriyaki homemade teriyaki sauce, sesame oil, green onions, and "gochugaru".

6: Add some water to thin out the sauce, cover and remove pan from  heat.  Let it sit for about 5-10 min for flavors to develop.  

pan fried tofu with teriyaki sauce sesame
 oil garnish/sauce

7.  Spoon sauce on each tofu piece.

8: Enjoy with rice or any vegetable dishes as a light but nutritious meal!

pan fried tofu with homemade teriyaki (soy sauce) seseme oil green onion
 garnish

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