Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, deep-fried tofu that tastes like meat (western and japanese variations). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have deep-fried tofu that tastes like meat (western and japanese variations) using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Deep-Fried Tofu That Tastes Like Meat (Western and Japanese Variations):

1. Get 1 block Firm tofu
2. Make ready 1 egg Beaten egg
3. Take 5 tbsp Cake flour
4. Get 5 tbsp Katakuriko
5. Prepare 1 can Canned tuna
6. Get 1 tbsp Grated cheese
7. Make ready Western-style version
8. Get 2 tbsp Minced parsely
9. Get 1/2 tsp Krazy Salt
10. Prepare 1 Coarsely ground pepper
11. Get Japanese-style version
12. Get 2 tbsp Minced green onions
13. Prepare 1/2 tsp Salt and pepper

Tofu, also known as bean curd is a food prepared by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into solid white blocks of varying softness; it can be silken, soft, firm, or extra firm. Tofu is made of condensed soy milk that is pressed into blocks. Raw fresh tofu has no taste. One of my kids likes to pop a cube or two in his mouth while I'm preparing tofu for frying.

Instructions to make Deep-Fried Tofu That Tastes Like Meat (Western and Japanese Variations):

1. Drain excess water from firm tofu. Discard drained water, put tofu on a heat-resistant dish, then microwave for about 3 minutes at 500W.
2. After it cooks, put a colander in a bowl and transfer the tofu to the colander.
3. Let the tofu sit for 1 hour. If water builds up while sitting, drain it off.
4. After 1 hour, a block of firm tofu that weighed 360 g should now weigh about 310 g.
5. Roughly crumble the tofu into a bowl using your hands, and add the remaining ingredients. Lightly drain the canned tuna before adding.
6. For the western style version, add parsley, Krazy Salt, and coarsely ground pepper. For the Japanese style version, add Ajishio-kosho seasoning salt with pepper and minced green onions, then stir.
7. Once it is well blended, drop about a tablespoon into medium-hot oil and deep fry until golden.
8. When they're nice and crispy, they're ready to serve! This is the Japanese-style version. Serve it with ponzu (Chinese citrus-based sauce)!
9. I substituted tempura flour for cake flour, and it turned out okay! If you don't drain the tofu, the texture will be different.

Tofu does not pose a risk of eating undercooked like meat does. Porous Tofu (Deep Fried until the insides are porous) - a different style of creating porous tofu - this type has a nice tldr - tofu has minimal taste, the only possible taste that it may give would be umami (if Yes it is not the most richly flavoured food, but the stuff seen in western countries are pretty bad. Unlike the healthy "food-like substance" known as "tofu" in Western countries, Japanese tofu is a dish so flavorful that it deserves to sit on a culinary pedestal of Asian cuisine. Whether splashed with soy sauce, deep fried or sweetened, start your journey with the many unique textures and tastes of these. Remove from pan with a slotted spoon and transfer to a plate lined with paper towels to drain.

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