Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Most Amazing Smoked Tofu Dish You'll Ever Eat

I found this recipe on Food.com and made some slight changes which have resulted in everyone I ever serve it to (vegetarian or not) demanding the recipe.  You can find the original here:
http://www.food.com/recipe/avocado-with-tofu-183673

And I have included my changes in the version below.

Avocado-Smoked Tofu Asian Salad

Ingredients:
-1 package smoked firm or extra firm tofu
-1 cup halved cherry tomatoes
-1 avocado, cut into 1 inch chunks
-2-3 dried chili peppers
-1/4 cup sesame oil
-1/8 cup rice vinegar
-1/8 cup sugar
-1/4 cup soy sauce or Tamari
-2 cups giant Israeli couscous (or rice, or your favorite grain)

Method:

Put the first 3 ingredients in a big serving bowl. 

Shake vinegar, sugar, and soy sauce in a jar until the sugar dissolves completely (might be a few minutes.  I let it rest, then shake, then rest, then shake, etc while I do other things around the kitchen.)

Pour the mixture over the avocado/tofu/tomato salad and stire gently.

Using a small saucepan, heat the seame oil over medium-high heat and put the chilies in.  Keep them in there until they start to smoke, maybe 10-15 minutes.  Turn off heat, use tongs to discard chilies, and pour oil over the salad.  Stir to mix up a bit, and serve over your grain of choice.

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