Whenever I go to asian restaurants and get tofu in stir fry its kind of crispy on the outside but soft in the middle. How do they get it crispy like that? I tried frying them with some oil in the wok but that didn't work....???

 

Have to use FIRM tofu...and you must drain it very well before frying.

Try letting it drain on Cheesecloth before frying in a WOK.

 

try this

http://www.chikaihuang.com/tofu.html

the really cripy ones are deep fried. probably don't want to try that at home. Oh...and you have to buy the ones with the brown skin...which I think were previously deep fried.

 

soy isnt good for guys....

 

I just chop it into cubes and put it in with ramen type soups.. you know, sinlge bag of Thai noodles with seasoning.

 

damn. thats kind of what I figured. I don't want to deep fry anything...

oh well, thanks.



what are you talking about.

 

Simple, if you want to crisp it, then get some oil (I use olive oil) and firm Tofu. Once the oil is hot, put the tofu in. It should sizzle like crazy. Flip it and then take it out. I'd say 30sec on each side? Get the oil to the point where you fear it would splatter and take a drop of wter and drop it in....sizzle? GO! Tofu doesn't need to be cooked like meat when you buy it from the store. Toast and take it out. Once you are done with your stir fry assuming that you are doing other veggies and stuff, add the crispy tofu LAST and then serve. The longer the "crispy" tofu is in the sauce the softer it will get. Sauce will be thicker with a bit of water and corn starch.

FWIW, soy is salt. you can work around it and still "taste" chinese as long as you are adding Oyster Sause or something else similar. Black Bean Sauce is not as salty so taste it if you add that.

My fiance is 1/2 Chinese so I am not lying.

 

Oh, and you just want a layer of oil. Not a lot. You aren't deep frying....just a "glaze". It should only take less than 1 minute. Remember, you might mix it in later.

Hope that helps.

 

well I worked in a chinese resturant and how they did it was cutting the tofu and drying it and deep frying it in a high temp. Don't try it at home

 

you typically want to use a less tasting oil...like Vegetable or Canola oil.

Olive oil will create too strong of a taste.

 

if u don't want to use oil try the spraying oil

 

You guys are wooses. Use sesame oil & enjoy it...

Add some chopped scallions to blackmagics recipe & you got a winner.

As long as the tofu is crispy...it's Ok with me.