🇰🇷 Korean Vegetarian

Tofu Namul

Name: Tofu Namul
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Garlic; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1 tbsp Sesame Oil; 500 g Tofu; 1, juiced Rice Vinegar; 1 tbsp Toasted Sesame Seeds; handful, torn Perilla Leaves

🇰🇷 Korean

A bright, herb-packed korean salad where tofu meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. 15 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 0 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1/2, thinly sliced
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Sesame Oil1 tbsp
Tofu500 g
Rice Vinegar1, juiced
Toasted Sesame Seeds1 tbsp
Perilla Leaveshandful, torn

Instructions

1
Whisk the rice vinegar juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the tofu — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the tofu with the garlic, perilla leaves and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of rice vinegar if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

A final squeeze of rice vinegar just before serving lifts every other flavour.

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Watch how it's made

Video: [Dubu Buchim] Korean Pan Fried Tofu (Simple Side Dish) 초간단 두부부침 · on YouTube