Mashed Tofu Salad (Shira-ae)

Name: Mashed Tofu Salad (Shira-ae)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 servings Kosher salt; 1 teaspoon mirin (sweet rice wine); 1 Tbsp sesame seeds; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 2 liters spinach leaves; 2 teaspoons sugar; 397 grams package firm tofu

Mashed Tofu Salad (Shira-ae) might be just the main course you are searching for. This gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan recipe serves 2. One portion of this dish contains roughly 18g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 191 calories. If you have kosher salt, soy sauce, tofu, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the sesame seeds you could follow this main course with the Sesame Banana Bread as a dessert.

Instructions

Drain the tofu and wrap in paper towels to absorb excess water. Puree in a food processor until smooth, then transfer to a bowl and set aside.

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Tofu

Wrap

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Bowl

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Fill a bowl with ice water. Cook the spinach in the boiling water until wilted, about 2 minutes, then drain and plunge it into the ice water.

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Spinach

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Pot

Drain and squeeze out the excess water.

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Water

Toast the sesame seeds in a skillet over medium-low heat, tossing, until golden, about 3 minutes. Cool, then grind in a spice grinder. Stir the ground seeds, sugar, mirin, soy sauce and spinach into the tofu. Season with salt.

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Sesame Seeds