Thai
Thai Basil Tofu
Thai Basil Tofu is Thai 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 extra-firm tofu
- 2 cups Thai basil leaves
- 6 garlic cloves
- 4 Thai chilies
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetarian stir-fry sauce
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 2 cups green beans
- 3 tbsp neutral oil
- 4 cups cooked jasmine rice
How to cook it
- Press the tofu dry and crumble or dice it into bite-size pieces.
- Pound the garlic and chilies into a rough paste and stir the soy sauce, vegetarian stir-fry sauce, and brown sugar together.
- Heat the oil in a wok over high heat and fry the tofu until golden and crisp at the edges, about 8 minutes, then push it to one side.
- Add the garlic chili paste and green beans and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Pour in the sauce and toss everything until glossy and coated, about 1 minute.
- Turn off the heat, fold in the Thai basil until wilted, and serve over the jasmine rice.
Serve it with
A Thai dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Thai Basil 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. Thai Basil Tofu carries gluten and soy. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Larb Gai |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Larb Gai |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| 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, Pulses, and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Thai Basil 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, basil, and chili.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
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.