Roasted Teriyaki Tofu Steaks With Glazed Green Vegetables
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 17 ounces fresh firm tofu, cut into 4 pieces (1 lb, 1 ounce)
- 4 fresh shiitake mushrooms
- 7 1⁄4 ounces dried egg noodles
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For the teriyaki marinade
- 4 1⁄2 fluid ounces dark soy sauce
- 4 1⁄2 fluid ounces mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 4 1⁄2 fluid ounces sake
- 1 tablespoon sugar
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For the glazed green vegetables
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
- 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced
- 7 1⁄4 ounces broccoli florets
- 1 leek, white and light green parts finely sliced
- 7 1⁄4 ounces pak choi, quartered lengthways
- 1 fennel bulb, trimmed and finely sliced
- 2 teaspoons cornflour, mixed with
- 4 tablespoons cold water
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To serve
- 2 spring onions, finely sliced diagonally
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds, pan-toasted
directions
- To make the marinade, put the soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar in a large frying pan and heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the tofu and mushrooms, if using. Simmer gently for about 15 minutes, turning the tofu over halfway through cooking.
- Transfer the tofu steaks to a lightly oiled baking dish or roasting tin.
- Spoon a little sauce on top and roast in a preheated oven at 220C/425F/Gas 7 for 10 minutes. Keep them warm.
- Using a slotted spoon, remove the mushrooms from the remaining sauce, squeeze dry and slice finely. Reserve the sauce.
- To make the glazed vegetables, heat a wok until hot, then add the oil. Add the garlic, broccoli, leek and sliced mushrooms and stir fry for two minutes.
- Add the pak choi and the fennel. Stir fry for two minutes.
- Add the reserved sauce and 2½fl oz water, stir, cover and cook for two minutes.
- Push the vegetables to the back of the wok, add the cornflour mixture to the bubbling juices and stir until thickened.
- Mix the vegetables into the sauce.
- Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions, then drain.
- To serve, put a nest of noodles on warmed plates and pile on the vegetables.
- Turn the tofu steaks over and put shiny side up on top of the vegetables.
- Sprinkle with spring onions and toasted sesame seeds and serve.
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