Minnesota Food Lover

Another Tofu Recipe! My sister sent me this recipe when she was living in Australia.  I can’t remember the year, but I’m guessing it was around 1989 or 1990.   This was before cell phones and face chats. The only way to keep in contact was though letters and very occasional phone calls.  The recipe is in her handwriting.  I cherish recipes in the handwriting of my loved ones.

I don’t remember making this recipe when she sent it and she doesn’t mention where she found it, but it sounded interesting when I was looking through a large envelope of loose recipes.  I made this recipe twice and updated it a little to use in an air fryer.  I liked it best the second time around because instead of adding the soy sauce at the end of cooking which the recipe directed, I soaked the tofu in soy sauce before cooking.

The first time it was a little dry especially leftover, so I shortened the minutes in the air fryer which helped a lot along with soaking it first in soy sauce.

This was an easy recipe and great for a weeknight meal with the addition of rice/noodles and a vegetable or salad.  Here is the revised recipe.

Sesame Tofu
Serves 2

14 oz. firm or extra firm tofu
1 – 2 T soy sauce
1 egg
3 T whole wheat pastry flour or white wheat pastry flour
3 T sesame seeds
1/2 tsp ground ginger
Cooking spray
Fresh chives if desired

Drain and wrap tofu in a clean towel or paper towels to soak up the excess liquid.  Dice the tofu into 1 inch cubes and gently toss with the soy sauce.  Let it soak for about 15 minutes or more.

In a shallow bowl or pie plate beat the egg.  In another shallow bowl or pie plate combine flour, sesame seeds and ginger.  Wisk to combine. 

Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray and heat the air fryer at 400⁰ for about 5 minutes.

After tofu has soaked in the soy sauce, using a slotted spoon add the tofu to the egg.  Coat with egg and then place in the flour mixture gently tossing until coated.  Set the coated tofu in a single layer on a plate.  Spray tofu generously with cooking spray.  Add the tofu to the air fryer and cook for about 8 minutes.  Shake/toss tofu and cook an additional 3-4 minutes or until lightly browned and puffed.

Serve over rice or noodles.  Enjoy!