🇻🇳 Vietnamese

Tofu Xao Toi

Name: Tofu Xao Toi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 6 cloves Garlic; 1, sliced Bell Pepper; 3, cut into batons Spring Onions; 1 tsp White Pepper; 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce; 500 g Tofu; 2 tbsp Fish Sauce; 4 cloves, minced Shallots; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil

🇻🇳 Vietnamese

A fast, fiery wok toss of tofu with crisp vegetables and a savoury glaze — on the table in under twenty minutes. 19 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 10 min Cook 9 min Serves 3 Easy

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic6 cloves
Bell Pepper1, sliced
Spring Onions3, cut into batons
White Pepper1 tsp
Oyster Sauce1 tbsp
Tofu500 g
Fish Sauce2 tbsp
Shallots4 cloves, minced
Neutral Oil2 tbsp

Optional extras

Mint Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Get your wok ripping hot and add the Neutral Oil — it should shimmer instantly.
2
Toss in the shallots and white pepper for 15 seconds, no longer, so they perfume the oil without burning.
3
Add the tofu and stir-fry hard, keeping everything moving until just cooked through.
4
Throw in the bell pepper and spring onions, then splash in the fish sauce around the edge of the wok.
5
Toss twice more, kill the heat, and serve immediately over steamed rice — a stir-fry waits for no one.

Chef's tip

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

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Watch how it's made

Video: Sweet and Sour Tofu Stir Fry (Dau Hu Xao Sot Chua Ngot) · on YouTube