Tofu Fried Rice

Steaming plate of Tofu Fried Rice, garnished with toasted sesame seeds and peanuts

This simple recipe is wonderfully easy to cook, and super tasty. Although this isn't a recipe I developed with my sister during the pandemic, it is a recipe I used merely hours ago to cook dinner for myself, and hence the freshest in my mind right now.

Ingredients

• Sesame seeds
• peanuts
• Tofu
• Cooked white rice
• veggies (cauliflower, carrots, peas, etc.)
• Soy sauce
• Red chilli sauce
• Green chilli sauce
• Vinegar
• Honey
• Corn starch
• Garlic powder
• 1 onion
• Salt
• MSG

Steps

1. In a dry pan, toast sesame seeds and peanuts together for 5 minutes, stirring occassionally.
2. While the seeds are toasting, cut your tofu up into small cubes, and coat them completely with corn starch.
3. Remove the seeds and peanuts from the pan and wipe the pan with a paper towel.
4. Place the pan back on the flame, and add a tablespoon of oil.
5. Once the oil is sufficiently heated, toss the fully-coated tofu into the pan and fry until golden brown and cripsy to the touch.
6. While the tofu is frying, Finely chop up one half of a medium sized onion, and cut the other half into larger pieces.
7. Chop up a couple of green chillies, and other veggies as per your taste
8. Heat up a tablespoon of oil on a pan, and add your aromatics (garlic, chillies, ginger, etc.) starting with the finely chopped onion.
9. In a small bowl, add two table spoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of vinegar, one teaspoon of honey, one tablespoon of red chilli sauce, one tablespoon of green chilli sauce, a pinch of MSG, a teaspoon of garlic powder, and the left-over corn starch from coating the tofu and mix well. If not much is left, add some fresh corn starch to the mix.
10. Remove the tofu from the pan, and wipe it clean. Add a tablespoon of oil and heat it
11. Add the finely chopped onion in the pan, and then add the aromatics (ginger, garlic, chillies, etc.)
12. Add the remaining veggies and the other half of the onion, and fry well.
13. Once sufficiently cooked, add the soy sauce mixture straight from the bowl into the pan, and heat well. If the liquid seems insufficient, add a little water.
14. Add the fried tofu into the pan, and cook well.
15. Add the cookced white rice and mix well.
16. Add salt and MSG to your taste.

Your Tofu-fried rice is done! Enjoy with a nice episode of some pirated TV series on your TV.

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