Warm tofu salad with shiso
Warm tofu salad with shiso

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Umeboshi (pickled plum) is often pickled with red shiso leaves. Serving umeboshi with a little green shiso and ponzu will get all the aromatics you can. Tofu is one of those things that people either detest, or are just okay with.

Warm tofu salad with shiso is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Warm tofu salad with shiso is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook warm tofu salad with shiso using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Warm tofu salad with shiso:
  1. Take 1 tbsp olive oil/ neutral oil
  2. Take 1-2 shallots, peeled and finely chopped
  3. Prepare 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
  4. Take 2 cm chunk fresh ginger, peeled and grated
  5. Get Daikon - this was about half a big daikon; sliced thinly
  6. Take 1 small-medium cucumber, sliced thinly on the diagonal
  7. Take 1-2 heads tatsoi (or pak choi or another green)
  8. Prepare 2-4 red radishes, finely chopped
  9. Prepare 2 spring onions, finely chopped
  10. Prepare 1-2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
  11. Take Firm tofu - pressed and cubed
  12. Take For the dressing
  13. Make ready 2 tbsp mirin
  14. Get 1 tbsp soy sauce
  15. Get 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
  16. Prepare 1 tsp sake - optional
  17. Take 2 tsps ume plum seasoning - optional
  18. Make ready Juice of 1/2 small lemon
  19. Prepare 10 shiso leaves

You'll love the tangy ponzu sauce too. It is super easy to make and goes well with many Japanese and Asian dishes. This delicious tofu salad is packed with crispy vegetables and marinated tofu and it's topped with a creamy tahini dressing. We went with marinated tofu for this salad.

Instructions to make Warm tofu salad with shiso:
  1. For the dressing: mix on the liquids together. With the shiso leaves, get them into a pile, roll them up and finely chop on the diagonal (chiffonade). You may need to do some additional chopping. Add half of the chopped shiso to the dressing and combine. Save the rest to use as a garnish.
  2. Heat the oil in a shallow pan - medium/high heat. Add the shallots and sauté for a few minutes. Add the garlic and ginger. Sauté for another minute.
  3. Add the cucumber and daikon. Sauté for a minute or so.
  4. Add the tatsoi and sauté for a couple of minutes.
  5. Take off the heat. Stir in some of the dressing and the tofu.
  6. Serve with the spring onion, radishes, sesame seeds and extra chopped shiso leaves on top. Add more dressing. Enjoy 😋

And the recipe for that comes from our marinated tofu recipe. But don't worry, we'll go over it again here. The salad on top consists of celery, scallions, and cilantro. Soaking them in ice cold water will help plump up their cells, making them extra crisp and crunchy—a really great contrast to the soft, warm tofu underneath. Note: Chinkiang vinegar, broad bean paste, and chili oil can all be found readily in.

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