DerHusker
Babbling Farker
I was challenged to cook up something without meat. It needed to include Tofu, :twitch: Apple, Corn and Sriracha. I must admit I’ve never made tofu and hardly ever eat it. That may change after eating this dish.
I started thinking about what I could make and came up with some ways I could use all these ingredients in in a dish. Sriracha was easy as I use it quite often. Corn? No problem here either. Apples gave me a slight pause but then I thought of using it in a slaw so I was good.
No, tofu was the problem, so I thought about tofu and what it’s like. It’s like a geometrically shaped meat substitute. Kind of like Spam but without actual any meat. So how do I normally use Spam? Well I don’t use it very often but when I do it’s normally in a sandwich. A tofu sandwich didn’t sound like a winner but then I remembered seeing something on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives where the cook used plantains as the bread which I’m dubbing the “Planwich”.
Plantains instead of bread. Link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/il/chicago/the-jibarito-stop-restaurant.html
Now that was the ticket and I also decided to use Sriracha in all 3 dishes. The first thing I did was prepare the tofu.
Now I don’t know much about tofu but I do know that you need to get the moisture out of it so it can soak up whatever seasoning / marinate your using on it. I drained the liquid off and then sliced it up.
Next I placed the slices on a double layer of paper towels
and covered with another layer.
I then placed a 9 x 13 pan on top and pressed down to push more of the liquid out. (Note: I did this twice as the paper towels were completely soaked the first time)
Next I made up a Sriracha Honey Marinade. Here are the ingredients.
Stirred.
I spread out some marinade on a 1/4 sheet, placed on the tofu and then covered each piece with the rest of the marinade.
I covered this with foil and let it take a nice long rest. Next I went about making the bread for my Planwich. I took a plantain
and cut the ends off and peeled it.
I cut it in 2 and fried them in some preheated oil.
I then placed them on a plate with some paper towels to cool. I then took them and smashed them with a large smooth bottom pan.
and then fried each one again. (Like a tostones)
I then placed each one on a plate with some paper towels to cool.
I then made up my Mexican Slaw using the apple in lieu of the jicama. (Link to recipe: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206465)
Apple cut and cored
and then grated.
Everybody in the pool
and then stirred up with some Sriracha Cilantro Lime Creama.
Now I took the tofu out to the grill.
I placed them on my searing grate. (Note: I would have set it up differently but I was going to make pizza afterwards so that was why it’s set up this way. As it turned out, I didn’t have time for the pizza.
)
After approximately 10 minutes it looked like this.
I look it off the grill and on to a plate so I could now glaze them.
I took what was left of the marinade and added some more honey, Sriracha and ponzu sauce and pour it onto a hot griddle and let it start to caramelize.
Placed all the tofu pieces in the sauce and let it cook for 1 minute.
I flipped them and repeated for another minute and here is what they looked like.
I sliced up some tomato and red onion
and made up some Sriracha mayo.
I took one of the plantain slices and spread on the mayo
and placed on the tofu
and then the tomato, onion and some lettuce.
And finally I made up the Mexican Street Corn (Esquites) with Sriracha Mayo (Using Sriracha instead of Chipotle)
Here’s a YouTube video of a street cart vendor serving some up.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z8YvggQ-Us"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z8YvggQ-Us[/ame]
Here’s my corn.
I took 3 ears like this and cut off the kernels.
I added 3 tbsp. of butter and 1/2 cup of finely chopped cilantro and stirred.
As my 90 year old MIL was also eating this I took my serving and mixed in the balance of the Sriracha mayo that I had made up. (No Sriracha for her)
Here is everything plated up with a Negro Modelo.
This did not suck! In fact it was absolutely delicious and I would definitely make this again.
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I started thinking about what I could make and came up with some ways I could use all these ingredients in in a dish. Sriracha was easy as I use it quite often. Corn? No problem here either. Apples gave me a slight pause but then I thought of using it in a slaw so I was good.
No, tofu was the problem, so I thought about tofu and what it’s like. It’s like a geometrically shaped meat substitute. Kind of like Spam but without actual any meat. So how do I normally use Spam? Well I don’t use it very often but when I do it’s normally in a sandwich. A tofu sandwich didn’t sound like a winner but then I remembered seeing something on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives where the cook used plantains as the bread which I’m dubbing the “Planwich”.
Plantains instead of bread. Link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/restaurants/il/chicago/the-jibarito-stop-restaurant.html
Now that was the ticket and I also decided to use Sriracha in all 3 dishes. The first thing I did was prepare the tofu.
Now I don’t know much about tofu but I do know that you need to get the moisture out of it so it can soak up whatever seasoning / marinate your using on it. I drained the liquid off and then sliced it up.
Next I placed the slices on a double layer of paper towels
and covered with another layer.
I then placed a 9 x 13 pan on top and pressed down to push more of the liquid out. (Note: I did this twice as the paper towels were completely soaked the first time)
Next I made up a Sriracha Honey Marinade. Here are the ingredients.
Stirred.
I spread out some marinade on a 1/4 sheet, placed on the tofu and then covered each piece with the rest of the marinade.
I covered this with foil and let it take a nice long rest. Next I went about making the bread for my Planwich. I took a plantain
and cut the ends off and peeled it.
I cut it in 2 and fried them in some preheated oil.
I then placed them on a plate with some paper towels to cool. I then took them and smashed them with a large smooth bottom pan.
and then fried each one again. (Like a tostones)
I then placed each one on a plate with some paper towels to cool.
I then made up my Mexican Slaw using the apple in lieu of the jicama. (Link to recipe: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=206465)
Apple cut and cored
and then grated.
Everybody in the pool
and then stirred up with some Sriracha Cilantro Lime Creama.
Now I took the tofu out to the grill.
I placed them on my searing grate. (Note: I would have set it up differently but I was going to make pizza afterwards so that was why it’s set up this way. As it turned out, I didn’t have time for the pizza.
)After approximately 10 minutes it looked like this.
I look it off the grill and on to a plate so I could now glaze them.
I took what was left of the marinade and added some more honey, Sriracha and ponzu sauce and pour it onto a hot griddle and let it start to caramelize.
Placed all the tofu pieces in the sauce and let it cook for 1 minute.
I flipped them and repeated for another minute and here is what they looked like.
I sliced up some tomato and red onion
and made up some Sriracha mayo.
I took one of the plantain slices and spread on the mayo
and placed on the tofu
and then the tomato, onion and some lettuce.
And finally I made up the Mexican Street Corn (Esquites) with Sriracha Mayo (Using Sriracha instead of Chipotle)
Here’s a YouTube video of a street cart vendor serving some up.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z8YvggQ-Us"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z8YvggQ-Us[/ame]
Here’s my corn.
I took 3 ears like this and cut off the kernels.
I added 3 tbsp. of butter and 1/2 cup of finely chopped cilantro and stirred.
As my 90 year old MIL was also eating this I took my serving and mixed in the balance of the Sriracha mayo that I had made up. (No Sriracha for her)
Here is everything plated up with a Negro Modelo.
This did not suck! In fact it was absolutely delicious and I would definitely make this again.
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