# Korean-Style Popcorn Tofu

This recipe features crispy tofu coated in a Korean-style sauce, served over a grain base with tenderstem broccoli.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 35 min
- Cuisine: Korean
- Category: Snack
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g extra-firm tofu, drained and pressed
- 1 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- Olive oil spray
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1.5 tbsp gochujang
- 20 ml reduced-salt soy sauce
- 30 ml water
- 0.5 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 8 g brown sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 60 g basmati rice
- 30 g white quinoa
- 30 g green lentils
- 100 g Pan-fried tenderstem broccoli
- White sesame seeds

## Instructions

1. Tear the pressed tofu into bite-sized pieces, or cut into cubes if you prefer a neater shape, and place in a bowl.
2. Season the tofu with the reduced-salt soy sauce and a generous crack of black pepper.
3. Sprinkle over the cornflour and toss until all the tofu is evenly coated.
4. Transfer the tofu to an air fryer basket, spray lightly with olive oil, and cook at 200°C for 15 minutes, shaking the basket a couple of times during cooking to ensure even crisping.
5. Alternatively, if baking, spread the tofu on a lined baking tray and bake at 200°C fan for about 30 minutes, flipping halfway through, until golden and crisp.
6. While the tofu cooks, prepare the sauce by adding the tomato paste, gochujang, soy sauce, water, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, maple syrup and garlic powder to a small pan.
7. Heat the sauce gently over a low to medium heat, stirring, until it warms through and begins to thicken slightly.
8. Once the tofu is crispy, add it straight to the pan with the sauce and toss well until every piece is evenly coated and sticky.
9. Remove the tofu from the heat.
10. Rinse the basmati rice, quinoa and lentils well.
11. Cook the rinsed basmati rice, quinoa and lentils together in a rice cooker or in a pan with water until tender.
12. Divide the cooked grain base between two bowls.
13. Top with the sticky popcorn tofu.
14. Add the pan-fried tenderstem broccoli.
15. Finish with a sprinkle of white sesame seeds.

## Equipment

- air fryer
- baking tray
- small pan
- rice cooker
- pan
- bowls

## Tips

- If you prefer less heat, reduce gochujang to 1 tbsp.
- When cooking tofu in an air fryer, shake the basket a couple of times for even crisping.
- If baking tofu, flip halfway through cooking.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTBJwdWDbjH/?igsh=MTZhZmt3eWpsM2U3eA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ef64a50b-0bb0-47a3-819a-79ef7b1b0bc0
- Extracted: 2026-01-02

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