08 May 2011

Soba noodle salad with broccoli and spicy tofu

-adapted from Cooking Light, May 2011

8 oz firm tofu, drained and cut into .75 in slices
olive or peanut oil
soy sauce
hot chile sauce
8 oz broccoli, sliced lengthwise
1 bundle soba noodles (can substitute linguine, udon or other chewy noodles)
rice wine vinegar
1 T grated fresh ginger
1 t sesame oil
1/2 c thinly sliced radishes
2 T cashews or almond slivers, toasted.

Preheat oven to 350 and boil water for noodles. Marinate tofu in 2 T olive or peanut oil, 2 T soy sauce, 1 t Sriracha, for at least 15 minutes. Reserve marinade. Spread tofu out on baking sheet and bake until golden, about 10'.

While tofu bakes, cool noodles in boiling water until al dente or slightly firmer than al dente. One minute before noodles finish cooking, toss broccoli into cooking water. Plunge noodles and broccoli into ice water to stop cooking.

Combine tofu, noodles, broccoli, 3 T rice wine vinegar, ginger, sesame oil, radishes, 3 T olive or peanut oil, 1 t Sriracha, and reserved marinade. Top with nuts.

1 comment:

Sandra Chung said...

Made this twice. Delicious. Better when the tofu marinated overnight and when I undercooked the noodles a bit.