Sweet and Sour Tofu
This lovely sweet and sour crispy tofu is paying all the work off. It tastes lightly sweet and sour but within a slightly crispy taste on the near surface of the tofu pieces.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- One box of firm tofu ( ,around 300g)
- 1/2 cup of cooking oil for frying
- 1 clove garlic ( ,minced)
- 1 tsp. minced ginger
- 1 scallion white ( ,minced)
- 1 scallion green part ( ,minced for garnishing)
- 2 tbsp. ketchup
- 6 tbsp. water
- 1/2 tbsp. corn starch
- 1/2 tbsp. sugar
- 1/2 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp. vinegar
Instructions
- 1
Firstly, mix all the ingredients for sweet and sour sauce together.
- 2
Cut firm tofu into small cubes. Place around 1/2 cup of oil in a small pan. Place the tofu cubes in. Start the fire and fry them ( by two batches if necessary). During the process, stir them from time to time so they can be heated evenly. Transfer out when they are all golden brown.
- 3
Remove extra oil and leave only around 1 tablespoon in the pan, fry garlic, scallion white and ginger over slow fire until aromatic. Pour the sweet and sour sauce mix in, heat to boil.
- 4
Return the tofu cubes and continue heating over slow fire until the sauce is well-thickened and sticky to the tofu cubes.
- 5
Garlic some spring onions and serve with steamed rice.