Teriyaki-style tofu strips

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 50 g brown sugar
• 50 g ginger
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 orange(s)
• 100 ml soy sauce
• 30 ml rice vinegar
• possibly chili flakes
• 150 g tofu, whole, recommended, or already shredded
• 300 g beans, wide
• 2 m.-large onion(s), red
• 100 g soy sprouts, fresh or drained from a jar
• 120 g basmati rice or jasmine rice

Instructions

Working time approx. 40 minutes; Rest period approx. 1 day; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour; Total time approx. 1 day 1 hour 40 minutes

vegan

Prepare the tofu sauce the day before. Peel the ginger and garlic and slice thinly. Peel the top layer off the orange with a potato peeler and juice the orange. Mix the orange juice with the rice vinegar and soy sauce. Place the brown sugar in a small saucepan and let it caramelize slightly. Add the garlic and ginger and heat for a few minutes. Caution: It shouldn’t be too hot. Then add the orange zest and sauté briefly. Deglaze the ingredients with the orange juice mixture. Add chili flakes to taste. Cover and simmer the sauce over low heat for at least 15 minutes, but 45 minutes is recommended. Then strain the sauce into a bowl through a sieve. First, squeeze the whole piece of natural tofu well. It should lose a lot of liquid before processing. This is the only way to ensure it absorbs the flavor. If you have time, freeze the tofu and then thaw it on a draining rack; this is the best way to release the liquid. Otherwise, wrap the tofu in kitchen paper and weigh it down. Then cut the tofu into sticks, approximately 0.5 x 0.5 x 4 cm in size. Add the tofu strips to the prepared sauce and let them marinate overnight. The next day, wash the beans and cut them into pieces about 5 cm long. Peel the onions and cut them into eighths. Cook the rice as a side dish. Fry the beans in a pan, deglaze with a little water, and simmer for about five minutes. Then remove the beans from the pan and add both the tofu without the sauce and the onions to the pan. Once both are well cooked, add the beans and the sauce. Bring the dish to a boil and finally stir in the bean sprouts. Serve the tofu strips with the rice. Tip: If you prefer something simpler, you can buy ready-made teriyaki sauce.