This Grilled Tofu Steak Recipe with Edamame, Wakame & Ginger is by Bill Granger. The sauce and salad make it delicious and the addition of seaweed adds extra nutrients and flavour.
Serves 4
Prep time 15 mins, cooking time 15 mins
Ingredients
Dressing:- 3 tbsp light soy sauce
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3cm fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 spring onions, sliced
- 150g edamame, shelled
- 6g dried wakame seaweed
- 150g cucumber, peeled, halved and thinly sliced
- 500g firm tofu, drained
- Cornflour, to dust
- 3 tbsp light-flavoured oil
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Black and lightly toasted white sesame seeds or furikake seaweed seasoning
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Steamed rice
Directions
- Whisk together the soy sauce, mirin, garlic, ginger and sesame oil in a bowl. Stir in the spring onions and set aside.
- Bring a pan of boiling water to the boil, add the edamame and blanch for 30 seconds. Drain and refresh under ice-cold water.
- Put the seaweed into a bowl, pour 100ml water over and allow it to re-hydrate for a few minutes, then drain.
- Toss together the edamame, seaweed and cucumber in a bowl.
- Cut the tofu into eight 1.5cm-thick steaks. Place the cornflour in a bowl, season with sea salt and black pepper and coat each tofu steak on both sides. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat and cook the tofu in batches for 2 to 3 minutes on each side till golden-brown and crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
- Arrange the tofu on plates with the edamame salad and sprinkle with furikake seasoning, drizzle generously with the sauce and serve with the steamed rice.
