Tofu and Cabbage Salad. Cabbages are the quintessential storage vegetable You can cut a cabbage in quarters or thirds and use one piece at a time The other hunks will keep, wrapped well in the When it shimmers, add the tofu. If you're looking for a salad that's crunchy, savory, sweet, and with a little bit of heat, then you have to make this Chinese cabbage salad. To make the tofu, throw in a medium size pan on medium-high heat with a drizzle of sesame oil.
I was making Korean Cabbage Salad with Tofu (recipe below) from Robin Robertson's Vegan on the Cheap.
The recipe calls for Asian chili paste, which I had to buy since I've never used it before.
When it came time to add it, I took a little taste to gauge the heat, to avoid inadvertently killing my wife.
You can cook Tofu and Cabbage Salad using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tofu and Cabbage Salad
- You need 100 grams of Silken tofu.
- Prepare 30 ml of Mentsuyu (3x concentrate).
- You need 1/2 tsp of Black sesame seeds.
- You need 100 grams of Chopped cabbage.
Although this salad is light, it's far from one-dimensional. Layering it with so many textures - ruffle-y Napa cabbage leaves, matchsticks of radish and pear, chewy baked tofu I used the same mandarin orange-based sauce to marinate the tofu and dress the salad. Toss cabbage, carrots, and tofu with dressing. Lay half of the seared tofu inside each roll.
Tofu and Cabbage Salad instructions
- Roughly chop up the cabbage into 5 mm pieces. Put them nicely into a serving dish..
- You don't need to drain the tofu..
- Using a spoon, mash the tofu into large pieces. The tofu tastes better if you don't mash it too much. It should still look like tofu..
- Add the mentsuyu and mix lightly..
- Top the tofu mixture over the cabbage..
- Sprinkle on some sesame seeds if you'd like. Done!.
Drain the carrots and cucumber thoroughly. Stir half of the pickled carrots into the cabbage salad. Peel and roughly chop the onion. For the salad, wash and shred the Chinese cabbage. Peel the carrots and cut lengthwise into thin julienne.
