Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, warm tofu salad with shiso. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Warm tofu salad with shiso is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Warm tofu salad with shiso is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have warm tofu salad with shiso using 19 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Warm tofu salad with shiso:
- Prepare olive oil/ neutral oil
- Make ready shallots, peeled and finely chopped
- Get garlic, peeled and crushed
- Make ready chunk fresh ginger, peeled and grated
- Get Daikon - this was about half a big daikon; sliced thinly
- Take small-medium cucumber, sliced thinly on the diagonal
- Prepare tatsoi (or pak choi or another green)
- Get red radishes, finely chopped
- Make ready spring onions, finely chopped
- Get sesame seeds, toasted
- Prepare Firm tofu - pressed and cubed
- Prepare For the dressing
- Make ready mirin
- Take soy sauce
- Get toasted sesame oil
- Make ready sake - optional
- Get tsps ume plum seasoning - optional
- Make ready Juice of 1/2 small lemon
- Prepare 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Add the cucumber and daikon. Sauté for a minute or so.
- Add the tatsoi and sauté for a couple of minutes.
- Take off the heat. Stir in some of the dressing and the tofu.
- 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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