Japan’s Crispiest Tofu! | Fried Agedashi Tofu

Hey guys! I get a lot of comments asking to show a recipe without meat - so I thought I’d show you a traditional recipe using Tofu!
Agedashi Tofu (sometimes said Agedashi dofu) is a fried tofu recipe that is served with a delicious sweet ‘ankake’ sauce!
I hope you enjoy the recipe and leave me a comment if you want to see more meat-less recipes in the future!
00:00 Intro
00:53 Press the Tofu
01:48 Make the Mizore Ankake Sauce
03:08 Frying our Tofu
05:12 Let’s Eat!
Ingredients:
- One Block of Tofu
- Potato or Corn starch (to coat Tofu)
- Shishito Peppers (Or bell peppers)
For Mizore Ankake Sauce
- 150ml of dashi
- 10g sugar
- 5ml cooking sake
- 30ml soy sauce
- 10ml mirin
- 2 tbsp potato (or corn) starch and 50ml water to thicken
How to make:
- First prepare the Tofu by draining off the liquid it’s packaged in
- Then place the Tofu on a rack or plate lined with paper towel on the bottom and top and then use a weight (a pan or some more plates works fine) to add pressure to the Tofu. Leave for 30 mins to push out some excess liquid from the tofu
- Peel and grate ¼ of a daikon radish (or a turnip)
- Then into a saucepan, add 150ml of dashi (you can find dashi made from kombu or vegetables if you want to make the recipe vegan), 10g sugar, 5ml of cooking sake, 30ml of soy sauce and 10ml of mirin
- Stir those ingredients together and then heat the saucepan over a medium heat until it begins to bubble
- Once it starts to boil add the grated daikon radish from before and stir
- Then we want to thicken our sauce, mix together 2 tbsp of potato (or corn) starch with 50ml of water in a bowl and add immediately to the sauce
- Mix that together until the sauce turns thick
- Once 30mins has passed since pressing the tofu - remove the weights and check that water has been squeezed out
- Then cut the tofu into even bite-sized chunks
- Cover the tofu in potato (or corn) starch and shake off any excess starch
- Add grapeseed oil to a frying pan and heat over a medium heat. Once oil is hot add the tofu
- Cook for about 2-3 mins on each side or until the tofu begins to turn a nice golden color
- Add the shishito peppers and cook until the skin starts to sear
- Then plate up the tofu and peppers in a bowl and cover with your mizore ankake sauce

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I’m happy I was able to show you guys a recipe that doesn’t use meat after I got some comments requesting it! I always want to know what you guys want to see and how easy these recipes are for you to follow, so if you have any other requests please let me know!

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My girlfriend is vegan, and we cook quite a few meals at home without meat. We make special allowances for fish and dashi stock here and there, but to have more recipes like this would be great! Shoujin Ryouri is a huge interest of hers, so to have recipes for things like the Mizore Ankake is super helpful! I enjoy the meat-dish videos very much by myself, but it was fun to show this to her! Thank you!

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Hi Ryosuke, I made this meal for my family and they loved it! The ingredients were so simple yet the dish was so rich and delicious, thank you for the wonderful recipe. My sister loves tofu and I'm very excited to make this when she visits!

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Im a huge fan of fried tofu! We usually use tamago tofu and add salt and pepper to the cornstarch :3 But I will definitely try the sauce next time!

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I could probably have dashi, soy sauce and tofu for every meal every day forever, it's so good

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Agedashi Tofu is one of my favorite Japanese dishes. I'd love to see more meatless recipes! Thank you for the video!

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I always wanted recipe for Agedashi tofu! Thanks for the recipe Champ!

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The presentation on the agedashi tofu is beautiful! Can't wait to try this afternoon!! Thanks, champ!

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Tofu looking REAL fine! Can't wait to try this at home! Thank you, and I think having more vegetarian or other meatless recipes would be really nice for those who may prefer meatless.

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thank you for this recipe! one of my favorite japanese dishes ❤

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This tofu recipe is a great start. Looking forward to more vegetable dishes. Thank you.

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Great video! I've had agedashi tofu previously at a couple places, but didn't realize I could make it without deep frying, and the sauce also looks delicious. Good inspiration for healthier eating with my kids!

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I'm definitely more a meat-eater, myself, but I got to try this in Japan and loved it-- I might have to try it at home, now, too!

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I love agedashi tofu, thank you for sharing

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Well done chef ……Ty for sharing ur tofu recipe .. I love to eat agedashi tofu … Arigato !

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Will try this on the weekend :)