Fried Tofu is available from many Asian grocery stores. In Melbourne where I live, many supermarkets sell it. Fried Tofu has firm and crunchy outside, and it is suitable for many dishes. Today I cooked this rice bowl, similar to my ‘Scrumptious Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl’. It’s a vegetarian dish that is high in protein.

Makes

1 Serving

Ingredients

120g Fried Tofu
1 /2 tablespoon Potato Starch OR Corn Starch *Important!
1 thick Spring Onion
1 Egg
Salt & White Pepper
1/2 tablespoon Oil
1 serving warm Cooked Rice

Sauce
1/2 tablespoon Sugar
1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon Sake (Rice Wine) *OR Mirin for sweeter flavour
1 tablespoon Water
1/4 teaspoon Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder *OR other Dashi Powder
A few drops Sesame Oil
1/2 teaspoon grated Garlic OR Ginger *OR add both
Chilli Flakes as required *optional

Method
  1. Combine all the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  2. Cut Fried Tofu into bite-size pieces, sprinkle with Potato Starch (OR Corn Starch), and lightly coat. Slice Spring Onion diagonally. Whisk Egg and lightly season with Salt & White Pepper.
  3. Heat Oil in a small frying pan over medium heat, cook Egg softly, and return it to the bowl you used to whisk the Egg.
  4. Add Tofu pieces to the frying pan, cook until both sides are slightly browned, add Spring Onion, and stir for a few minute, then add the Sauce. When the Sauce thickens, remove from heat, return the cooked Egg, and roughly combine.
  5. Half fill a bowl with warm Cooked Rice, cover it with the Tofu and Egg mixture, and enjoy.