Delicous Teriyaki Tofu with vegetables stirfry made with simple homemade teriyaki sauce vegetables. excellent side dish with a bowl of rice
If you go to Jack in the Box restaurant, you can get Chicken teriyaki bowl. It tastes okay, but it is not comparable to the original Japanese dish. The heart of this dish is the Teriyaki sauce, and I have been lucky to have been able to taste original teriyaki style cooking having lived in Japan for a few years. It is a Japanese style of cooking where fish or steak or some time chicken is first basted in a marinade of soy sauce, mirin , sake and brown sugar then it is broiledor grilled , you can read more from here. The marinade is made by reducing soy sauce, mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine), sake( Japanese rice wine) and brown sugar and later some minced ginger is added and broiled or grilled then garnish green onions. Here is article on serious eats about basic teriyaki sauce.
Since I don’t have mirinand sake in my hand I was searching for a recipe which makes use of the rest of ingredients. I wanted to use it in my tofu. A tofu packet was reaching its expiration dates, and had to be urgently used. Usually when I buy 12 oz packet, I will use half at first thinking that I will make something with rest of them, it never happens, and always second half ends in garbage bin, to avoid that I want to make use of entire packet of Tofu. I searched for recipes and finally got this recipe and tried it. I served the dish with a bowl of rice; it was really delicious and very tasty on first day. I even fell in love with tofu this way. Also add some veggies such as broccoli, capsicum and red bell pepper along with cashew nuts.
If you can get hold of mirin and sake, use them to make a sauce; otherwise you can follow this recipe, it is simple delicious great one pot meal. They are best as soon you mix in with veggies and tofu. So make sauce ahead and marinate the tofu as much you want, give at least 30 minutes for best infusion of flavors. Then stir in the sauce with veggies and cashew nuts. Serve in bowl with rice.
Here comes the recipe.
Tofu getting marinated with Mirin and Soy sauce
Teriyaki Sauce is getting prepared
Stirfry
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Teriyaki Tofu with Vegetables
Delicious Teriyaki tofu with vegetables made with homemade sauce.
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 301kcal
Ingredients
- Tofu
- 12 oz 350 g firm or extra firm tofu, cubed ½-3/4 inch thick
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 ½ tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- Teriyaki Sauce
- ⅓ cup low sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup water
- ½ tablespoon of honey or agave nectar if you want more sweetness use about 3 ½ tablespoon
- 1 ½ tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon black strap molasses
- 4 medium cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon Arrow root powder/ Cornstarch
- Stir-Fry
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 4 ½-5 cups broccoli florets and stalks, chopped (about ½ lb/225 g)
- 2 teaspoon water
- ½ medium large red bell pepper diced
- ½ medium green bell pepper diced.
- ¼ cup raw cashews
- ¼ cup green onions sliced ( I didn’t used it)
- 1 carrot sliced into thin strips
Instructions
- In a shallow dish, add tofu. Pour soy sauce and vinegar over tofu and marinate for 10 minutes or longer. I marinated for about 30 minutes. (Flip tofu at least once while marinating).
- While tofu marinating in a large bowl, whisk all ingredients for teriyaki sauce until arrowroot powder is dissolved (or put it in a blender to puree). Heat the sauce and until the mixture get thickened little bit.
- In a large frying pan or wok on high, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add tofu and sauté for 4-5 minutes, and then turn over to sauté for another 3-4 minutes, until lightly brown on each side. Remove from pan and set aside. Reduce heat to medium, add 1 tablespoon oil to wok, and add broccoli, carrot, bell pepper and water. Toss, cover and cook for 4-5 minutes, until broccoli turns bright green. Add teriyaki sauce and increase heat to high. Toss to coat, and let sauce come to a slow boil. As soon as sauce has reached a slow boil and has thickened, add tofu, cashews and green onions (if using), and toss to combine. Remove pan from heat and serve immediately.
Notes
Adapted from Eat, Drink & Be Vegan
Nutrition
Calories: 301kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Sodium: 895mg | Potassium: 596mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 3772IU | Vitamin C: 127mg | Calcium: 186mg | Iron: 3mg
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This is Swathi ( Dr. Ambujom Saraswathy Ph.D) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
rosita says
Me a encantado su comida de vegetales se ve muy saludable y jugosa,abrazos.
Arthy Suman says
how delicious this can be...the clicks is so killing me, wish i could grab the plate...
Srimathi Mani says
Thank you Swathi for sending in your entry and helping me host the event. My daughter will love this dish.
Reeni Pisano says
Your teriyaki tofu looks so delicious Swathi! I love the tasty sauce. I have 2 packs of tofu to use up by the end of the week and this is great inspiration!
kumars kitchen says
yummmmmmy....love teriyaki sauce on almost everything...with tofu it looks drool worthy 🙂
Maha Gadde says
wonderful step wise cliks vch r help ful n tofu lusk so spicy..
Nik Sharma says
I love terikyaki sauce, this looks fantastic.
Hema says
Looks too good Swathi, very very tempting..
Shama Nagarajan says
yummy dear...ONGOING EVENT :SEASONAL FOOD EVENT
Sanoli Ghosh says
I am addicted with Chinese and Japanese cuisine. Teriyaki tofu looks fabulous. Perfect and exact!
mjskit says
I have the mirin and the soy, but no tofu! This would make a wonderful Meatless Monday dish for us. Love this dish and especially love your teriyaki recipe!
Kaveri Venkatesh says
Looks very delicious Swathi...bookmarking it
Veena Theagarajan says
super tempting vegetables.. love it
Babitha costa says
looks so colorful and tempting swathi .love the white bowl and super shots
Radha Natarajan says
very inviting and such a colorful dish. great clicks.
dentistvschef says
earthy hommade stif fry will always win my hearth!
i like the way you spiced that with ginger, make it tasty even more...
Shobha Kamath says
Delicious looking teriyaki ! Superb pictures!
Gheza e shiriin says
Such a colorful dish
Sangeetha Priya says
perfectly made and such a tempting clicks Swathi...
Anu Menon says
Will definitely be trying this out this weekend - thank you!
Asha Shivakumar says
Interesting and funny looking breadsticks but your teriyaki bowl looks so so good. We do get the teriyaki bowl at JitBox..but I would prefer your version anytime,looks way more healthier. Looks delicious.
Suja Manoj says
Perfect healthy meal,love the home made sauce..nice pics Swathi.
Priya Anandakumar says
Awesome and stunning teriyaKI, love it...
Sona S says
delicious tofu with vegetables, looks very tempting.
Mich PieceofCake says
This tofu teriyaki looks so appetising! Love it!
Shama Nagarajan says
yummy and delicious
Chandrani Banerjee says
Wow..lovely colorful, healthy and yummy dish. It looks inviting.
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Gajus kitchen says
Tofu with the veggies and sauce looks yummy.this teriyaki sauce is new to me.I haven't tasted it .
Rani Acharyulu says
Yummy Teriyaki Tofu with vegetables looks delicious.
Meena Kumar says
Swathi love those teriyaki tofu looks yummy.
Oh those bread sticks look pathetic....how could they send something like that.
Balvinder Ubi says
I think I have also had Pizza from Papa John, when I was in US last time. They do carry gluten free pizza. Teriyaki Tofu with vegetables look so inviting.
Swathi Iyer says
Yes they have gluten free pizza. I love their veggie pizza very much.
Hamaree Rasoi says
Delicious tofu with the vegetables. Looks so colorful.
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Bhawna Bagri says
wow looks so tempting....Thanks for sharing!!!
Gayathri Ramanan says
love teriyaki sauce..last week I prepared that sauce in a similar way..but I added sugar instead of molasses..bowl with veggies looks really tempting...
divya says
Mmmm! these look so delicious....awesome clicks
Manjula Bharath says
wow thats an very healthy vegetable 🙂
Linsy Patel says
love the new look, and bowl looks so delicious.