Tofu Stuffed with Pork in Tomato Sauce is a savory Vietnamese dish featuring firm fried tofu filled with seasoned ground pork, simmered in a rich and tangy tomato sauce.
Ingredients
Filling:
½lblean ground pork
pinchkosher salt
pinchsugar
pinchblack pepper
1Tbspmushroom powder
2Tbspshallots, chopped
2Tbspdried wood ear mushroom, chopped
½Tbspfish sauce
Ingredients:
14ozfirm tofu, 2 blocks, cut into 8 triangle shapes per block, 16 pieces total, deep fry or air fry
6tomatoes, on vine, firm
avocado oil, or any neutral oil to fry
Tomato sauce:
1Tbspgarlic, chopped
2Tbspshallots, chopped
5medium Roma tomatoes, quartered
1Tbsptomato paste
1Tbsp fish sauce
1tspkosher salt
½tspblack pepper
1Tbspsugar
1 ½cuplow sodium chicken broth
Thickener:
¼cupwater
1tbspcorn starch
Garnish:
cilantro, chopped
1green onion, stalk, chopped
Instructions
Mix all the filling ingredients together and set aside to marinate.
To cut the tofu in triangular shapes, first cut each tofu block into 4 squares. Then cut each square diagonally across so it looks like a triangle. Fry and set aside to cool.
If you would like to air fry instead of deep frying the tofu: Preheat air fryer at 400 degrees for 5 minutes. Then add tofu that is brushed or rubbed with cooking oil. Air fry for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.
Once fried tofu has cooled, make a slit opening and stuff tofu with pork filling.
In a large saucepan, on medium high heat, add oil and fry up garlic and shallots for 1 minute. Add tomatoes and the remainder of the ingredients, minus the chicken broth. Add stuffed tofu, meat facing down. Cook for a couple of minutes, then flip tofu over and cook for an additional couple of minutes. Add chicken broth along with thickener mix. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer (you want the sauce to be bubbling) and cook for 20 minutes. Flip stuffed tofu halfway through and occasionally spoon sauce over stuffed tofu.
Garnish with chopped cilantro and green onions. Serve with rice.