Korean
Korean Braised Tofu
Korean Braised Tofu is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 28 oz firm tofu
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tbsp gochugaru
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 4 scallions
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 4 cups cooked white rice
How to cook it
- Slice the tofu into thick planks and pat dry.
- Heat the neutral oil in a large skillet and pan-fry the tofu until golden on both sides, about 4 minutes per side.
- Stir the soy sauce, gochugaru, garlic, ginger, sugar, half the scallions, and 1/2 cup water into a braising sauce.
- Pour the sauce around the tofu and simmer, spooning it over, until the sauce reduces and coats the tofu, about 6 minutes.
- Drizzle with sesame oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds and the remaining scallions.
- Serve over warm rice.
Serve it with
A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Korean Braised Tofu, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something to sip
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Korean Braised Tofu carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Japchae Glass Noodle Stir-Fry |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | Yes | Nothing comparable without it yet |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Pulses
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Korean Braised Tofu takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on tofu, rice, and scallion.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.