Cooking & Baking

Extra firm tofu, cut into 1 inch pieces. Marinate it in a mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil, and rice vinegar —about 30 minutes should be adequate. Then put it on a baking sheet and bake it about 400 degrees until it gets dry and a bit tougher on the outside, turn it at least once. This should take about 30 min roughly. Now take a couple of big dollops of garlic ginger paste (from a jar), add a bunch of pulverized cilantro, and toasted sesame oil. Fold the tofu into this mixture . Add soy sauce for salt if needed. You can serve it at room temp, or heated, over rice or just as a protein with sides.You can add red pepper flakes if you like things spicy. In our family, we love this so much, we steal it from the container in the fridge for a snack. I always make at least 2 containers of tofu when I make this, sometimes 3.This dish was inspired by a similar dish I used to order at Central Market in Austin.