How to Make Perfect Honey Sesame Tofu

Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, honey sesame tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Honey Sesame Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Honey Sesame Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook honey sesame tofu using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Honey Sesame Tofu:

1. Get 1 box firm tofu about 1 pound or 500g
2. Take 1/3 cup honey
3. Get 1/3 cup soy sauce
4. Make ready 1/4 cup ketchup
5. Get 1/4 cup brown sugar
6. Take 1/4 cup rice vinegar
7. Prepare 1 tsp sesame oil
8. Get 2 Tbsp minced garlic
9. Make ready 1 Tbsp sesame seeds for garnish or to taste
10. Take 1/4 cup scallions for garish or to taste

Steps to make Honey Sesame Tofu:

1. Wrap the tofu in cheese cloth. Place a heavy pan on top for about 30 minutes.
2. Then, place the tofu in the freezer for at least 6 hours.
3. Remove the tofu from the freezer and use the defrost function of the microwave for about 10 minutes. After that, repeat step one to squeeze out excess water.
4. In the meantime, take a large bowl to mix and combine honey, soy sauce, ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, sesame oil and garlic. Scoop about 1/2 cup of the marinade and set aside.
5. Use hands to break the tofu into bite size pieces and put them inside the large bowl containing the marinade. Stir and let the tofu marinate for at least 30 minutes.
6. Line the fryer basket with grill mat or sheet of lightly greased aluminum foil.
7. Put the tofu pieces inside the fryer basket without stacking and air fry at 400F (200C) for 14-16 minutes, stir once in the middle, until the edges of tofu looks a bit caramelized.
8. While air frying, use a wok or a frying pan to bring the sauce to boil. Stir constantly until the sauce thickens.

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