Directions
- 1Tear chunks of tofu and marinate them in light soy sauce.
- 2Coat the marinated tofu chunks completely with cornflour.
- 3Place the tofu chunks in the air fryer at 200° Celsius for 15 minutes.
- 4While the tofu is cooking, prepare the sauce by grating ginger and garlic, and mixing them with light and dark soy sauce, vegetarian oyster sauce, sugar, and chili crisp.
- 5When 6 minutes remain on the tofu cooking time, heat up the sauce until it thickens.
- 6Add chopped chilies to the thickened sauce.
- 7Add the crispy air-fried tofu to the sauce.
- 8Add a generous amount of Thai basil to the dish.
Ingredients
- 1 block medium firm tofu
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- corn starch/flour
- 1 tbsp ginger paste
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp light soy sauce
- 0.5 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar (or sweetener of your choice)
- 1 tbsp chili crisp
- 0.33 cup water
- 1 birds eye red chilli
- 8 -10 Thai basil leaves
Equipment
air fryer
Tips
- Regular basil works as well as Thai basil.
- Add bird's eye red chili according to spice tolerance.
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