I don’t make Chinese dishes often. Maybe because once I went to Chinese restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand, and I did not like it. I wasn’t vegan in that time yet but what I was served I didn’t like.
This time I wanted to make something new and cooked a vegan and gluten-free version of General Tso’. Using tofu!
Make delicious sauce using your favourite ingredients, such as tamari sauce,rice white vinegar, maple syrup, hoisin sauce, and sesame oil!
So yummy, so easy! Serve general Tso’s Tofu just like that, with cooked rice, cooked quinoa, steamed vegetables like capsicum, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots etc.
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Vegan General Tso’s Tofu
Ingredients
For tofu:
- 1 pack firm or extra firm tofu
- 1 tbsp canola oil (or other neutral oil)
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
For sauce:
- 3 tbsp tamari sauce
- 2 tbsp rice white vinegar
- 3 tbsp agave or maple syrup
- 3 tbsp hoisin sauce
- 1 tbsp ginger minced
- 3 cloves garlic peeled and finely chopped or minced
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 red or green hot chili pepper finely chopped
- water to thin
To serve:
- 1 broccoli steamed, cut in florets
- 1 cup rice boiled
- 1 red capsicum sliced
- 1 bunch spring onion (only green part) chopped
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- Drain excess water from tofu by using a tofu press or wrap tofu in a paper cloth and place it under something heavy. Leave it for a few minutes (10-15 minutes).
- Meanwhile, prepare your sauce. Mix all the ingredients and set it aside. Cut tofu into cubes and coat each cube in cornstarch. Heat neutral oil in a skillet and place cubed tofu. Fry it from all sides until crispy and golden. Set aside.
- In the same skillet, fry broccoli and red capsicum for a few minutes until it gets tender. You can also eat it raw.
- Add fried tofu and sauce to a skillet and mix everything together. Cook for 3-5 minutes.
- Divide general tso’s tofu in two bowls, sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped spring onion. Enjoy!
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Klara Walterova
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