Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, sig's tofu with chilly and basil. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Sig's Tofu with Chilly and Basil is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Sig's Tofu with Chilly and Basil is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
For this Thai basil tofu recipe, I chopped the tofu into very small pieces. You can cut into large pieces but I thought the smaller ones worked better here. This will help in getting rid of excess.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook sig's tofu with chilly and basil using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Sig's Tofu with Chilly and Basil:
- Prepare 1/2 cup of fresh basil leaves ( sweet Thai is best but Greek or ordinary will do)
- Make ready 3 tbsp oil
- Prepare 4 slice tofu about 1 cm thick
- Make ready 1 clove of garlic , large
- Prepare 1 small red chilli
- Take 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey
- Make ready 1 tbsp soy sauce, light
- Take 1 tbsp soy sauce, dark
- Prepare 1 tbsp sugar ( optional )
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp cornflour
- Take 4 tbsp water
Tofu with chili sauces or fresh peppers are always one of the best combination in Chinese cuisine. Tofu and taro shares lots of commons and similarities. They are quite plan themselves but when cooked with other seasonings or ingredients with strong flavors, they can absorb the flavor and turn to. Turn the tofu frequently until all the water is burned off and the tofu is lightly golden brown on most sides (be sure not to burn the tofu).
Steps to make Sig's Tofu with Chilly and Basil:
- Heat half the oil, fry the basil leaves until crisp , set leaves aside keep oil for frying the tofu.
- Drain and dry the tofu cut off 4 slices of about 1 cm thickness. Fry to golden brown from both sides in the basil oil. Remove and set aside .( If the leftover uncooked tofu is fresh put any leftover,covered in chilled water in fridge for up to two days.)
- In the meantime slice one large clove of garlic and one small red chilli , add remaining oil and fry gently until nearly brown .
- add soy sauces and 1-2 tablespoon of good honey.
- Mix cornflour with water and stir in to the garlic chilli mix until it thickens. Sweeten the sauce further with some sugar ( optional)
- Plate the tofu, pour over the sauce and serve with the crisped basil leaves .1.
Just made this and it was soooo good! I used Thai Basil and an organic Hoisin sauce (I'm in London). Tofu is on the menu today! What we have here is crispy tofu that has been fried until golden brown, coated with a savory, spicy and sweet chili sauce. Most of you guys know tofu can taste great if well prepared, but if you are one of the few.
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