Scrumptious Tofu & Vegetable Miso in Lettuce Cups
Scrumptious Tofu & Vegetable Miso in Lettuce Cups

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, scrumptious tofu & vegetable miso in lettuce cups. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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This easy recipe is great for "tofu beginners." For best results, cut the tofu block in half and wrap well in a terrycloth kitchen towel. Let it sit in the fridge for at least an hour so the towel absorbs excess water. Serve the tofu or rice if or noodles (if desired) and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds. Bite-sized pieces of tofu are breaded with homemade whole wheat bread crumbs, then pan-fried for a special treat!

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook scrumptious tofu & vegetable miso in lettuce cups using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Scrumptious Tofu & Vegetable Miso in Lettuce Cups:
  1. Get 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
  2. Take 1 small piece Ginger
  3. Make ready 1 clove Garlic
  4. Prepare 1/2 Carrot
  5. Make ready 6 Shiitake Mushrooms
  6. Take 1 Spring Onion
  7. Get 50 g Bamboo Shoot
  8. Get 225 g (1/2 of a block) Firm Tofu *crumbled
  9. Get 1 Iceberg Lettuce
  10. Take Miso Sauce
  11. Take 3 tablespoons Miso *dark colour type recommended
  12. Make ready 2 tablespoons Sugar
  13. Make ready 2 tablespoons Sake (Rice Wine) OR Water
  14. Prepare 1/2 tablespoon Toban Djan (Chilli Bean Sauce) *optional, alter the amount to suit your taste
  15. Make ready 1 tablespoon Toasted Sesame Seeds

Silken tofu, on the other hand, is a shelf stable product found usually in the international food aisle at most well-stocked grocery stores. Silken tofu has a creamier consistency than regular tofu making it a great egg replacement for custards, puddings, and cream pies. Soft or silken tofu is custardy and therefore works well in soups, according to Susan Westmoreland, culinary director at the Good Housekeeping Institute. "Both medium and firm work well stir-fried,. Place two paper towels on a plate then place the entire block of tofu (drained from its packaging liquid) onto the plate.

Instructions to make Scrumptious Tofu & Vegetable Miso in Lettuce Cups:
  1. Finely chop up all vegetables. If you have a food processor, you may wish to use it, but DO NOT over-process Vegetables into too small pieces.
  2. Combine all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  3. Heat Sesame Oil in a frying pan over medium heat, cook Vegetables. When soft, add crumbled Tofu and the sauce. Mix well and cook for 1-2 minutes until combined well.
  4. Enjoy with Iceberg Lettuce cups, OR with freshly cooked rice.

Soft or silken tofu is custardy and therefore works well in soups, according to Susan Westmoreland, culinary director at the Good Housekeeping Institute. "Both medium and firm work well stir-fried,. Place two paper towels on a plate then place the entire block of tofu (drained from its packaging liquid) onto the plate. Place two more paper towels on top of the tofu then put a heavy item on top. Not TOO heavy that it would completely crush the tofu but heavy enough that it can squeeze out liquid. I like using a cast iron skillet.

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