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This is a typical Korean side dish (banchan). It can be served as a side dish, but I usually serve the fried tofu as a main entree with rice. They are both great dishes to pack for lunch boxes called dosirak in Korean or Bento boxes in Japanese. It is usually served with a dipping sauce made of soy sauce, but it is savory enough to eat by itself.
Yellow squash can be used as well.
* About an hour before cooking, drain the tofu and put it back in the refrigerator. This will allow more water inside the tofu to drain and allow for easier frying. Discard any extra water.
* Slice the tofu in half and slice the halves into 1/4 inch thick pieces. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper and set aside.
* Slice the zucchini into 1/4 inch disks, sprinkle some salt and pepper and set aside.
* In a shallow bowl, add two eggs, water, chopped scallion, some salt and pepper (about 1/4 teaspoon each) and mix well. Set aside.
* In a shallow container, add the all purpose flour and the potato (or cornstarch) flour, some salt and mix. Set aside.
* Add 2 tablespoon oil to large frying pan on medium to medium low heat.
* Using one hand, dredge the zucchini slices in the flour mixture, dip in egg mixture and add to the frying pan. Fill the pan, but don’t crowd the pan. Fry until the bottom side is golden brown (1-2 minutes) and flip. Fry until the other side is golden and set aside on a plate lined with paper towel. Repeat until all the zucchini slices are fried. Add more oil as needed.
* Wipe the fry pan with a paper towel to remove any burned pieces and repeat the above steps (heat more oil and then dredge the tofu in the flour mixture, then in the egg mixture, then fry) for the tofu.
* This can made ahead of time. The crispness is lost as the dish cools, but can be quickly reheated or served at room temperature with or without dipping sauce.
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edrobinov on 4.23.2011
Thanks so much. I was looking for this recipe and couldn’t find it. You give some very good pointers in the handling of the tofu. I sort of remembering having some garlic also with the egg scallion batter.