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Tofulicious Thai Style Stir-Fry

Although this recipe is in no way my own I thought I should share it , since two opinions are always better that one. I found the recipe in: http://saffronstreaks.com/recipes/thai-style-stir-fried-tofu-with-basil/. A food and travel blog that I had never encountered before, but it looks good, and I tell you what  - the pictures are way better than mine.

Anyway, back to the cooking, this recipe is really delicious and real easy, it took me 10 mins - no kidding.

Ingredients: for 2 people
Korean Chilli Paste

-one packet of tofu cut into cubes
-1 red pepper, cut in which any way you prefer, I sliced it and cut it in half.
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 small onion or shallots, as the blog uses
- 2 birds eye chilli or chilli paste (I used Korean chilli paste because I love it and the chillies in Austria are not very hot...)
- 1 tbsp of dark soy sauce
- 2 tbsp of crushed peanuts
-1/4 cup of vegetable stock
- ideally white pepper
- Thai basil, or Italian basil if you don't have any (I don't think dry basil would be a good substitute)
- Sesame oil to season
- Oil for frying


Method:

-Once you have all the ingredients ready, put a bit of oil in a pan and when it's hot add the onion, the garlic and the chilli and saute for a few seconds.

Add the peanuts, tofu and red pepper and stir-fry for 10-15 seconds.

Add the soy sauce, the white pepper (I didn't have white pepper and it was fine but I'm sure it would have been amazing with it), fry for a few second and add the stock.

Let the sauce thicken a bit, it should only take a couple of minutes.

Season it if you need to, I didn't as I thought the stock and the soy sauce would be enough, and treat in the basil. Wait until the basil has wilted and season with a bit a sesame oil.

Serve!! You can of course have it with rice or noodles, I had it on its own and its was truly good.


Thank you Saffron Streaks!!

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Location: Vienna, Austria

Comments

  1. Anonymous8 October 2013 at 19:32

    I'm really sure that this recipe was the best because of the ingredients. Thanks for sharing it here. Does this have a recipe for stir fry sauce? I want to cook this now.

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  2. Apricot8 October 2013 at 20:53

    Hi Luke,
    Thank you very much, please try the recipe im sure you´ll like it! thats for the stir fry sauce link.

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