Sizzling Tofu

Sizzling Tofu is a Filipino dish of twice cooked tofu, first by pan frying or deep frying then seasoned with oyster sauce and chillies, tossed in mayonnaise before it is served on a sizzling hot plate with freshly chopped onions.

Another tofu dish but don’t worry, the tofu recipes I am posting here are all guaranteed tasty. Sizzling Tofu is a Filipino favourite, popularised by a well-known restaurant chain in the Philippines called Max restaurant. As described by the restaurant as “Tofu cubes with chopped onions, red and green bell peppers, glazed with a special sauce. Served on a hot sizzling plate, topped with chili” and that the inspiration of our recipe today. Its creamy, its spicy, it has a lot of texture, from crispy to soft. A perfect side dish, beer match or even ulam.

While I really haven’t tried the Max’s version, this is quite easy to recreate based on the description on their site. All I need to know is how to make that special sauce. The special sauce may be a secret but there are clues leading to how it would taste like via the flavour profile of Filipino dishes. Having that in mind, I guess this would be sweet and savoury, so for the sauce I will just be using oyster sauce which is widely available back home.

Sizzling Tofu

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• Author: Raymund
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Yield: 6 1x
• Category: Main Course
• Cuisine: Filipino

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Description

Sizzling Tofu is a Filipino dish of twice cooked tofu, first by pan frying or deep frying then seasoned with oyster sauce and chillies, tossed in mayonnaise before it is served on a sizzling hot plate with freshly chopped onions.

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Ingredients

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Tofu

• 2 blocks extra firm tofu (approx. 500g), cut into small cubes
• 2 sweet red chillies, chopped
• 2 sweet yellow chillies, chopped
• 1 birds eye chilli, finely chopped
• 1 long green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp butter
• freshly ground black pepper
• oil, for deep frying

Sauce

• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp oyster sauce
• 2 tbsp Knorr Liquid Seasoning
• 2 tbsp water

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Instructions

1. Combine all sauce ingredients then set it aside.
2. Prepare oil in deep fryer, heat to 180C. Deep fry tofu pieces until it turns light brown.
3. Remove from fryer then drain excess oil. Set aside.
   In a large pan, add oil then quickly sauté the onions, birds eye chilli and long green chilli , do not cook the onions, it should still be crunchy.
4. Add the fried tofu cubes and the sauce, toss to coat tofu pieces evenly. Continuously toss and cook for 2 minutes. Turn heat off.
5. Prepare a sizzling plate, once it’s hot, add the butter then transfer tofu on to the metal plate. Serve while sizzling.

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