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Tealover
2017-07-21 15:25

Tea smoked tofu

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Tea smoked tofu is a perfect dish for special occasions. You can make in beforehand and freeze it so that you can concentrate on your other dishes. For me it's a must have at christmas dinner. You can also have as a main dish with rice and veggies. This is the only way I can make a good tofu. The original recipe is variated in many ways, mostly non vegan but it's a great dish to experiment with, why not try seitan or tempeh for example!

Tea smoking can be made in a normal kitchen. You only need a big pan or wok with a lid, aluminium foil and a metal strainer, metal steamer or something like that.

Ingredients

2-3 firm blocks of tofu

1½ teaspoon of sichuanpeppar

1½ tablespoon of seasalt

2 star anise

1 cinnamon pole in pieces

2 tablespoons of soy sauce

smoking mix

100grams of white rice, 100grams of white sugar and 2 tablespoons of black tea (or tea of your choice, I sometimes use oolong)

The cooking

Put the spices (exept the soy sauce) and the salt in a dry pan or wok and roast on medium heat while stirring until the salt is light brown and the spices smells.

take away the anise and cinnamon and mortar the salt.

Rub the tofu with the spices and let it rest in the fridge over night (seal it well, the smell of the spices sticks to other foods.)

The day after you rub the tofu with soy sauce and put 2 or more layers with aluminium foil in the bottum of a pan or wok. The foil should be 2 or more centimeters upp the side of teh pan or wok. This is so that the sugar wont burn into the pan or wok.

Add the rice, sugar and tea in the bottom and shake it a little.

Put on the metal strainer or steamer and put the tofu on that. Make sure that the smoking mix is not touching the tofu!

Put on the lid and put it on a hight heat. When smoke starts to come out put it on medium and let it smoke on medium for 15 minutes.

Shut of the heat and let it sit for another 15 minutes.

Serve as a part of a buffet or as a main dish with rice and veggies. 

Enjoy

First published in enlish at tea savvity

Teanerd who loves tea so much that i started a tea shop www.tealovers.se!
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vendelay
2017-09-01 15:00
#1

Thank you so much, I don't really like tofu but this looks so good I'd eat it without doubt!

Tealover
2017-09-01 15:45
#2

#1 it's the only tofu my husband eats (and he hates tofu)

Teanerd who loves tea so much that i started a tea shop www.tealovers.se!
Host of Tea savvity and the swedish version Te ifokus
Follow me on Facebook and instagram

vendelay
2017-09-01 15:51
#3

#2 Well, that's a really good grade then Laughing

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