Agedashi Tofu

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Agedashi Tofu – a popular Japanese appetizer of deep fried tofu in a sweet and savory sauce. Super healthy, delicious and easy to make!

Prep Time10

Cook Time10

Total Time20

Course: Japanese Recipes

Cuisine: Tofu

Keyword: Agedashi Tofu

Servings: people

Calories: 264kcal

Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

1 block Tofu
Corn starch
Oil for deep frying

Tentsuyu Sauce:

3/4 cup dashi or Japanese fish stock
2-3 tablespoons soy sauce or to taste
3 tablespoons sake
2 tablespoons mirin
3/4 tablespoon sugar

Toppings:

Peeled and grated daikon
Peeled and grated ginger optional
Sliced green onions/scallions
Dried bonito flake/katsuobushi

Instructions

Cut the tofu into small pieces. Bloat each with paper towels and coat with corn starch. Set aside.
Bring all the ingredients of tentsuyu sauce to gentle simmer in a small sauce pan. Do not bring to a full boil.
Heat up the oil in a wok a frying pan and deep fry the tofu until they turn light brown or crispy. Please take note that the corn starch coating will not turn to golden brown easily. Remove the deep-fried tofu and drain the excess oil on a plate lined with paper towels.
To serve, place a few pieces of tofu in a small bowl and pour some tentsuyu sauce on the tofu. Garnish with some grated daikon, chopped scallions and dried bonito flakes. Serve immediately.

Notes

You can get my dashi recipe from my Nabe (Yosenabe) post.
If you don't want to make dashi from scratch, you can use bottled dashi shoyu or dashi soy sauce from Japanese market and add mirin, sake, and sugar to taste to make the stock.

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