Pad Krapow Tofu (Thai Basil Tofu)
Crumbled tofu, holy basil, bird chiles and jasmine rice.
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Crumble the tofu - don't cube it. Pad krapow is a 'ground-meat' dish; the tofu needs ground-meat texture to feel right. Hands work better than a knife.
Ingredients
Everything below makes 4 servings.
- 14 ozextra-firm tofupressed 10 min, crumbled into ground-meat-sized pieces
- 6thai bird chilesroughly chopped
- 6garlic clovesroughly chopped
- 1½ cupsholy basil (or Thai basil)leaves only
- ½ cupgreen beanscut into 1-inch lengths
- 1½ tbspsoy sauce
- 1 tspdark soy sauce
- 2 tbspvegan oyster sauce (mushroom)
- 1 tbspvegan fish sauce
- 1 tspsugar
- 3 tbspneutral oil
- 1½ cupsjasmine ricerinsed
In the app these rescale to however many people you're feeding.
Nutrition
Per serving, as written.
- 460calories
- 22gprotein
- 56gcarbs
- 14gfat
Swaps move these numbers. A different protein or base changes them.
Instructions
Knife work first, then the stove. Nothing below asks you to chop while something burns.
- Press tofu 10 min between two plates; crumble with your hands into bits the size of ground meat.
- Start rice.
- Roughly chop chiles and garlic. Cut green beans. Pick basil. Whisk soy, dark soy, vegan oyster, vegan fish sauce, and sugar.
Sear tofu
Heat oil in the wok over high heat. Add crumbled tofu; spread out. Let it sit 90 sec to brown on one side, then stir-fry 3 min total until edges are golden.
4 min · hands onChile-garlic
Add oil, chiles, and garlic. Toss 20 sec - fragrant and sharp-smelling.
1 min · hands onSauce and beans
Pour sauce over; toss. Add green beans; stir-fry 90 sec until beans are tender-crisp.
2 min · hands onFinish and serve
Off heat, tear in basil leaves; toss until just wilted. Plate over rice immediately.
1 min · hands onMake it yours
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What keeps
Tofu krapow holds 4 days. Stir fresh basil in per serving - pre-cooked basil goes black.
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