Easiest Way to Prepare Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice in 11 Minutes for Beginners

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To make the egg-fried rice, beat together the eggs and sesame oil in a bowl and add to the wok. Allow to set a little and move around the pan to scramble. This easy egg fried rice is a no-fuss weeknight meal that is better than takeout!

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice:

1. Make ready 150 g rice
2. Get 1 red pepper
3. Make ready 1 onion
4. Prepare 1 small tin of bamboo shoots
5. Prepare 1 stalk lemon grass
6. Take 1 head broccoli
7. Get 4 cloves garlic
8. Make ready 2 inches fresh ginger
9. Take 6 tbs soy sauce
10. Prepare 200 g natural tofu
11. Prepare 2 eggs
12. Get to taste salt, pepper, chilli flakes and soy sauce
13. Make ready Olive oil and butter for frying

Egg Fried Rice is an easy Chinese fried rice recipe that you can make at home. Of course, like most fried rice recipes, this egg fried rice is best served with copious amounts of hot sauce. No more takeout when you can make this at home! Home made potsticker dumplings , crispy tofu and home fried prawn crackers with egg fried rice.

Instructions to make Tofu and lemongrass egg-fried rice:

1. At least one hour before you want to start cooking, prepare and marinade the tofu. To do this, press the tofu between kitchen roll repeatedly until the kitchen roll no longer becomes damp from the tofu. Cut the tofu into chunks and put in a bowl. Add the soy sauce, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 inch of ginger (both chopped finely) and chilli flakes depending on your preference. You can also leave to tofu to marinade for a few hours or overnight for a stronger flavour.
2. Start your rice cooking. In the meantime crack the two eggs in a bowl, whisk for 30 seconds and add a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside. Chop the veg.
3. Fry the tofu and marinade in a pan for a few minutes on each side until it crisps up. Set aside on a plate. In a large frying pan fry the onions, broccoli, pepper, the rest of the ginger and the lemongrass in a generous drizzle of olive oil. After 5 minutes add the pepper and bamboo shoots. Cook for another 10 minutes or longer if you want your vegetables to be soft.
4. When the rice is done, rinse with cold water and set aside. Make a space in the middle of the frying pan and melt a knob of butter. Fry the rest of the garlic for 2 minutes on a low heat then add the rice. Mix the vegetables and rice together and add the tofu.
5. Push the rice mixture to the side of the pan and add the egg mixture. Stir the egg occasionally, and once it has scrambled mix it in well with the veg and rice.
6. Season to taste with soy sauce, pepper and chilli flakes. Enjoy!

Tofu is marinated with a lot of minced lemongrass and bird's eye chili before being fried until golden, crispy and fragrant. With the addition of lemongrass and hot chili pepper, the fried tofu becomes aromatic with a nice kick. You can serve this dish with some soy sauce on the side as an appetizer or. However, if you fry tofu, it gets a little crunchy and nutty tasting, almost like crisp chicken skin. The tofu absorbs some of the egg while lending its fattiness to reinforce that of the egg, as if it's an egg extender.

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