Garlic Butter Tofu Steaks

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish Vegetarian

Cuisines: Japanese

Ingredients: Tofu

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 2 (~ 800 gram in total) firm/extra-firm tofu
• salt and pepper
• katakuriko (potato starch) or cornstarch
• 2 tablespoon (30 gram) butter
• 2 tablespoon oil
• 4 cloves garlic, grated or finely minced
• 4 tablespoon soy sauce
• 4 tablespoon sake
• 4 tablespoon mirin
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 2 tablespoon scallions, thinly sliced

Instructions

1. Prep tofu: Pat dry tofu with kitchen paper. Cut each tofu into four pieces. Season each piece of tofu with salt and pepper, and coat with katakuriko.
2. Fry tofu: Heat 1.5 tablespoon butter and 1.5 tablespoon oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Fry tofu until both sides are golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove from the frying pan and set aside.
3. Garlic butter sauce: Reduce the heat to medium. Add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of butter and 1/2 tablespoon of oil into the frying pan. Sauté garlic until fragrant, and add soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar. Cook until boiling.
4. Cook in sauce: Return fried tofu to the pan and cook for 1 minute per side to soak up the sauce.
5. Serve: Transfer tofu steaks into a serving plate. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the tofu and garnish with sliced scallions. Serve immediately with steamed rice.