Hello, I am Jane. Today, I will show you a way to prepare tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans recipe. Never skip today’s recipe. This is a very easy recipe to try and is one of my family food recipes. Nowadays, I am going to make it a bit tastier. This will be really delicious. Not to mention, it’s super satisfying.
Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans Recipe
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans:
- Prepare 14 oz extra firm tofu (1 brick)
- Take 12 oz green beans, washed & cut in 2” pieces
- Take 1/2 cup toasted cashews (unsalted)
- Make ready 14 oz unsweetened coconut milk
- Make ready 2 ” ginger, peeled & grated
- Get 2 garlic cloves, minced
- Prepare 1.5 tbsp soy sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp molasses
- Make ready 2 tbsp dried scallions
- Get 3 tbsp oil (avoid olive oil this time)
- Take 1 tbsp rice vinegar
- Take to taste salt & pepper
Steps to make Tofu in coconut/cashew sauce & fried green beans:
- Halve the tofu brick horizontally and place on paper towels to absorb as much water as possible. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan on high heat, until it glistens. Season the tofu on all sides with salt / pepper and fry at least 4 minutes per side, or until golden and crispy. Be careful not to move it except for flipping, to avoid it from breaking. Reserve.
- Add 1 tbsp oil to the same pan and sauté the green beans for 3-4 minutes, or until blisters appear. Place in a bowl and reserve.
- One more tbsp oil into the pan, and this time add the minced ginger and garlic. Sauté until fragrant (30 seconds, more or less). Add coconut milk, soy sauce, molasses. Turn down heat to low and reduce the sauce to half, stirring constantly, until it thickens and becomes syrupy (this will take some 12-15 minutes).
- Add cashews and cook in the sauce for 2 minutes. Cube the tofu and add to the sauce, mixing carefully to coat the cubes without breaking them.
- To serve, toss the green beans with rice and dried scallions. Serve the whole thing in a bowl with your favorite starch (we used steamed basmati rice). Yummers!
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