Garlic Butter Tofu Steaks
Fry tofu into golden brown steaks and pair them with a delicious garlic butter sauce. These Japanese tofu steaks stand tall among all the great steaks, and you won't miss the meat.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 (~ 800 gram in total) firm/extra-firm tofu
- salt and pepper
- katakuriko (potato starch) or cornstarch
- 2 tablespoon (30 gram) butter
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 4 cloves garlic, grated or finely minced
- 4 tablespoon soy sauce
- 4 tablespoon sake
- 4 tablespoon mirin
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoon scallions, thinly sliced
Instructions
- 1
Prep tofu: Pat dry tofu with kitchen paper. Cut each tofu into four pieces. Season each piece of tofu with salt and pepper, and coat with katakuriko.
- 2
Fry tofu: Heat 1.5 tablespoon butter and 1.5 tablespoon oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry tofu until both sides are golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from the frying pan and set aside.
- 3
Garlic butter sauce: Reduce the heat to medium. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of butter and 1/2 tablespoon of oil into the frying pan. Sauté garlic until fragrant, and add soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar. Cook until boiling.
- 4
Cook in sauce: Return fried tofu to the pan and cook for 1 minute per side to soak up the sauce.
- 5
Serve: Transfer tofu steaks into a serving plate. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the tofu and garnish with sliced scallions. Serve immediately with steamed rice.