Student Stir Fry Effort, Non Student Tofu!
Another student-vibe stir-fry this evening, although I’m not sure tofu would ever have made an appearance when I was 20, living in a uni share house with my mates!
I’m really enjoying trying more vegetarian and tofu-based dishes, and this one was loosely Thai-inspired with plenty of basil and chilli flavours. It was essentially a fridge raid: egg noodles, spring onions, red capsicum, firm tofu and basil, with a spoonful of chilli crisp thrown over at the end.
For the sauce I mixed soy sauce, ginger, garlic and five spice, then added some star anise and peppercorns for a bit more flavour. I coated the tofu in cornflour before frying to give it those lovely crispy edges, quickly blanched the egg noodles and then threw everything together in the wok.
Finished with spring onions, chilli crisp and, because apparently I’m now contractually obliged to put them on everything, sesame seeds.
Really simple, loads of flavour and another tofu dinner that’s convincing me I definitely should have been eating more of it years ago.
LYM🦩
