Agedashi Tofu

Agedashi Tofu is a popular Japanese dish made of deep fried tofu in a sweet and savory sauce. This age tofu recipe is easy to make to home and delicious!

Agedashi Tofu

What is agedashi tofu?

Age tofu is one of the most popular Japanese recipes. It’s an appetizer of deep fried tofu in a sweet and savory sauce.

The sauce is made of Japanese fish-based dashi broth. This is a must-have appetizer whenever I dine out at Japanese restaurants.

This recipe is super healthy and delicious!

Agedashi Tofu Recipe

This recipe calls for very simple ingredients and easy to make at home:

• Tofu
• Dashi broth
• Cooking sake
• Mirin
• Soy sauce

The sweet tentsuyu broth is iconic in Japanese cooking. It’s the soul of many Japanese dishes.

How to Make Agedashi Tofu?

You will need a block of tofu to make age tofu.

First, deep fry the tofu until they turn light brown or crispy.

Next, make the tentsuyu agedashi tofu sauce in a small sauce pan.

To serve, place the fried tofu in a small bowl and add the sauce. Garnish with grated daikon, chopped scallions and dried bonito flakes before serving.

How Many Calories Per Serving?

This recipe is only 264 calories per serving.

What to Serve with this Recipe?

Serve this dish with other Japanese dishes. For a healthy Japanese meal at home, I recommend the following recipes.

Yield: 2 people

Agedashi Tofu – a popular Japanese appetizer of deep fried tofu in a sweet and savory sauce. Super healthy, delicious and easy to make!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 block Tofu
• Corn starch
• Oil for deep frying

Tentsuyu Sauce:

• 3/4 cup dashi or Japanese fish stock, (185 ml)
• 2-3 tablespoons soy sauce, or to taste
• 3 tablespoons sake
• 2 tablespoons mirin
• 3/4 tablespoon sugar

Toppings:

• Peeled and grated daikon
• Peeled and grated ginger, (optional)
• Sliced green onions/scallions
• Dried bonito flakes/katsuobushi

Instructions

1. Cut the tofu into small pieces. Bloat each with paper towels and coat with corn starch. Set aside.
2. Bring all the ingredients of tentsuyu sauce to gentle simmer in a small sauce pan. Do not bring to a full boil.
3. Heat up the oil in a wok a frying pan and deep fry to tofu until they turn light brown or crispy. Please take note that the corn starch coating will not turn to golden brown easily. Remove the deep-fried tofu and drain the excess oil on a plate lined with paper towels.
4. To serve, place a few pieces of tofu in a small bowl and pour some tentsuyu sauce on the tofu. Garnish with some grated daikon, chopped scallions and dried bonito flakes. Serve immediately.

Notes

You can get my dashi recipe from my Nabe (Yosenabe) post.
If you don’t want to make dashi from scratch, you can use bottled dashi shoyu or dashi soy sauce from Japanese market and add mirin, sake, and sugar to taste to make the stock.

Nutrition Information

Yield

2

Serving Size

2 people
Amount Per Serving Calories 264Total Fat 9gSaturated Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 0gSodium 1434mgCarbohydrates 18gFiber 1gSugar 9gProtein 21g

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