This month, for The Secret Recipe Club, I was snooping around on Ilona's Kitchen and came away with a whole lot of links taking me to yummy recipes that I want to try! ย We seem to have a lot in common. ย Wife, Daughter, Mother of two. ย Not to mention our taste for spicy food.
My recipe choice to share became a full mealย instead of just being a side dish. By adding some dry fried tofu triangles to the recipe, I turned this into a meal! ย I used vegetable broth in place of the water in the recipe and cut the oil in half. ย I also added about a teaspoon of cornstarch to the sauce before putting it in the pan and sauteed the garlic with the bok choy. ย Oh, and I added a little red bell pepper for a little contrasting color. ย My tofu, was pressed and dry fried to a crisp and added to the sauce then I tossed the bok choy with the sauced up tofu.
- 1 lb extra firm tofu, pressed and cut into triangles
- cooking spray
- 1 lb baby bok choy, chopped and white part separated from leafy part
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ยฝ tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- ยผ cup vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- ยฝ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- In a large skillet sprayed with cooking spray, fry tofu triangles until crispy over medium high heat, turning pieces onto all sides to crisp up. ย This might be a little time consuming, but very worth it! ย Remove tofu from pan and set aside.
- While tofu is dry frying, chop baby bok choy into bite sized pieces, separating the white bottoms from the green tops. ย You will cook the white bottoms before cooking the leafy green.
- Make sauce mixture by mixing vegetable broth, oyster sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, red pepper and cornstarch. ย Set aside.
- Place sesame oil in hot skillet along with garlic. ย Sizzle about 30 seconds then place the white part of bok choy in pan with garlic. ย Stir fry about 2 minutes. ย Add the leafy part of bok choy to pan and stir fry another minute. ย Transfer bok choy to a bowl and set aside. ย Pout sauce mixture into hot skillet and bring to a simmer. ย Simmer sauce until it begins to thicken. ย Add crispy tofu to sauce in hot skillet and toss to coat. ย Return bok choy mixture to skillet and toss with tofu and sauce. ย Arrange stir-fried bok choy and tofu mixture on platter and squeeze juice of 1 lime over top of mixture before serving.
yung@foodyoo.com
It seems like a typical stir fry dish. I like it with tofu. Tofu stir fry with scallion is yummy, maybe can try to add some. And I like to add some rice wine too when stirs fry vegetables. Then serve it with rice. Wowโฆit is so delicious. ๐
Jeff @ Cheeseburger
This is an excellent twist to the original recipe. I love that you have made it into a main dish.
Justin
This looks delicious! I've never had tofu but maybe someday I can break out of my ways and give it a try. There's nothing too scary about it right? ๐
Moviegirl03
I've been looking for more tofu dishes to try. This looks great. We've never tried Bok Choy either, so it'd be a great dish for trying something new. Great choice for SRC!
TeaLady
This looks really good! (Well, without the tofu)
honeyb
Why do I have a feeling Grumpy doesn't eat tofu? ๐ That looks good enough to try. I've only tried tofu a few times.
Funny you called it "snooping" around your SRC blog. That's how I always feel, like I'm snooping. ๐
Shelby
But Grumpy DOES eat tofu. ๐ Gotcha ๐ He prefers it crispy and only likes certain sauces, but the one tofu dish he can eat the "crap" out of that isn't cirspy tofu (his words) is the Red & White Cauliflower Bake that I have posted on my blog here.
Jersey Girl Cooks
Love this colorful dish. Great recipe choice!
Cooking Rookie
Such a nice and simple recipe! Great choice for SRC!
Elizabeth@ Food Ramblings
what a great recipe- yay for src ๐
Lesa @ Edesias Notebook
What a beautiful dish, Shelby! A great healthy meal. I haven't cooked with bok choy before; I don't know what I'm waiting for!
Lisa~~
Love bok choy and the flavors you used sound amazing!
If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC entry Loaded Potato Soup.
Lisa~~
Camilla Mann
That looks delicious - and fast! I will have to give it a try soon. Nice SRC pick.
AmandaE
I'm a huge fan of bok choy and tofu - in fact that is what I had for lunch today ๐ Needless to say I think this was the PERFECT SRC pick!