Eat for Eight Bucks: Tofu with Tomatoes and Cilantro

Name: Eat for Eight Bucks: Tofu with Tomatoes and Cilantro
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 151 grams medium-size button mushrooms (about , sliced; 4 Tbsps peanut or canola oil; 4 servings Cooked white rice for serving; 237 milliliters coarsely chopped fresh cilantro; 4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped; 1 thumb-size piece of ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 237 milliliters fresh or defrosted frozen peas; 397 grams plum tomatoes (about , chopped; 1 teaspoon rice vinegar; 2 scallions, cut into thin rounds; keep white and green parts separate; 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil; 2 Tbsps soy sauce; 454 grams to firm tofu, cut into 1-inch cubes and patted dry

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Eat for Eight Bucks: Tofu with Tomatoes and Cilantro a try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 15g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 375 calories. This recipe serves 4. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of garlic, scallions, to tofu, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty. To use up the ginger you could follow this main course with the Ginger Cake with Crystallized Ginger Frosting as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Put 3 tablespoons of the oil into a 12-inch skillet (or whatever you like to use to stir fry) and heat over a medium flame. When the oil is hot, saute the tofu cubes until they are golden on most sides, 6 to 7 minutes. (I almost never achieve golden tofu, so I just give it my best shot.)

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Shot

Tofu

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Remove with a slotted spoon.

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Add the remaining oil to the pan. When it is hot, put in the white parts of the scallions, the ginger, and the garlic and stir for 40 seconds over a medium flame.

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Green Onions

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Ginger

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Add the mushrooms and stir for 30 seconds. Stir in the cilantro and then add the tomatoes and soy sauce. Stir for about a minute before putting the tofu cubes back into the pan along with the vinegar and peas. Bring to a simmer. Cover, lower the heat, and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, toss in the green parts of the scallions and the sesame oil, and serve over white rice.

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