I don’t like tofu (Dubu in Korean) on its own, but I really like it when it is cooked with something else, like Tofu Soybean Paste Stew (Dubu Doenjangjjigae in Korean) or this meal, soy sauce boiled tofu. Tofu is a really cheap, healthy meal, and is suitable in lots of food. This side dish is especially really easy to make.

Ingredients for 2-3 person side dish

(Expected prep time: 2 minutes , cooking time: 4 minutes )

• Tofu 280 g
• 1/2 stalk of a spring onion
• Olive oil 15 ml

For sauce (mix these in a bowl)

• Soy sauce (Ganjang in Korean) – 3 tsp
• Sugar – 1 tsp (I used dark brown sugar)
• Garlic – 1/4 tsp
• Sesame oil – 1/4 tsp
• 1 green chili

Prep

1. Cut the tofu into pieces.
2. Take the seeds out from the chili and thin slice it.
3. Thin slice the spring onion.

Cooking

1. Put some oil into the pan.
2. Add the tofu. Pan fry it both sides.

3. Turn the heat down to low heat, add the sauce and spring onion, then simmer it. (turn the tofu over half way)

4. When 80% of the sauce disappears, serve it on the plate, then pour out the rest of the sauce on the tofu.

Although it contains chili, the actual dish isn’t spicy.

Recipes that contain tofu

Pork and Kimchi Stew (Dwaejigogi Kimchijjigae in Korean)

Tofu Soybean Paste Stew (Dubu Doenjangjjigae in Korean)

Uncurdled Tofu Stew (Sundubu Jjigae in Korean)

Related posts:

1. Tofu Kimchi (Dubu Kimchi in Korean)
2. Simmered Lotus in Soy sauce (Yeon-gn Jorim)
3. Boiled Beef and Quail’s Eggs in Soy sauce (Sogogi Jangjorim in Korean)

Ingredients for 3 people (If you are a big eater, it’s just right for 2 people)

For Marinating chicken

• Chicken breasts 5 pieces
• Refined rice wine 15 ml
• Pepper 1 sprinkle
• Sugar – 2 tbsp
• Soy sauce – 2 tbsp
• Korean Plum Extract 15 ml (It is optional, however it tastes a lot nicer.)

-Preparation

1. Rinse the chicken with cold water.
2. Cut the meat to small pieces.
3. Put the meat into a bowl then, pour in the refined rice wine and sprinkle the pepper on top.
4. Soak for about 15 minutes.
5. Add some soy sauce, sugar, and plum extract into the meat bowl. Mix them well.
6. Marinate this for about 30 minutes.

For salad

• 5 medium leaves of lettuce
• 1/5 of each of a small green and small red capsicum
• 1 medium tomato
• Honey mustard sauce

For steamed and pan fried veggies

• 1 medium head of broccoli
• 1 carrot
• 2 King oyster mushrooms

-Preparation and Cooking

1. Start with long slicing some carrots.
2. Cut some broccoli.
3. Then steam some carrots and broccoli for about 10 minutes each. Keep them in the pot until you’re ready to eat. (I recommend to steam them separately, however I was in a rush, so I steamed them together.)
4. While it’s steaming, thin slice the mushrooms.
5. Still while steaming the veggies, cut some lettuce into small strips, tomato into quarters,and thinly slice some capsicum.
6. Put no.5 into a dish. The salad is then ready.
7. Pan fry the mushrooms in a little oil until they turn brownish. (That’s the veggies now done).

Main dish – Chicken

1. Pan fry the chicken (in a little oil). Turn the chicken pieces as needed until they turn brownish.
2. Serve all the above on the plates.

Related posts:

1. Curry Marinated Chicken Breast with Steamed Veggies and Salad
2. Marinated Chicken Stir Fry with Gochujang sauce (Dakgalbi in Korean)
3. Marinatied Pork Stir Fry with Gochujang sauce (Jeyuk-bokkeum)