A Healthier Twist on Sisig Tofu!

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I was not a fan of Tofu before, so when my mom introduced tofu to us she just fried it and that's it I wasn't that fan of the taste and my mom always added tofu to her grocery list so I had no choice I am the cook in the house I maybe have to research what recipe should I used to make this Tofu.

Until I discovered this recipe that changed my taste pallet and started liking tofu. The dish I am going to cook it what we Sisig Tofu, which is the healthier version of the famous Sisig here in the Philippines, the original sisig came from some part of pig meat, and pig meat is hella expensive right now, so we go to the more budget-friendly food. LOL

I saw that the ASEAN Hive Challenge "Chef Challenge: Tofu" is the main ingredient and I had my entry with me so I am going to join this week's challenge. I hope you enjoy it! :D

Ingredients I Used:

Half Cup of Cooking Oil
Pinch of Salt
1/2 tsp. of Ground Pepper
Block of Tofu
1 can of tuna
Tablespoon of Buttter
3 Red Onion

7 cloves of Garlic
2 eggs
2tbsp. Light Soy Sauce
4 tbsp. of Oyster Sauce
Tablespoon of Mayonnaise
1 calamansi
3 small red chili

Prepping The Ingredients:

Let's start Cooking!

The first step I am going to do is to fry the tofu, In a hot pan I added about a half cup of cooking oil. Then I added a sprinkle of salt into the oil, which will add a flavor to the tofu.

Another thing is to add a pinch of ground pepper into the oil to add more aroma to the tofu.

When all the spices and condiments are in, I am going to add one by one the tofu in. Let it fry, do not try to move it around with your spatula, it tends to stick to the pan when it is still frying but eventually, it will when it turns golden brown.

When the bottom part starts turning golden brown and not sticking to the pan, it is the sign to flip it over to the other side and do the same thing as I did. When it is ready just let it stay on the side of the pan and let the excess oil out the fried tofu, after that put it onto a clean plate.

When the fried tofu cools down, I cut it in half and cut it into cube size.

It should look like this and set it aside for later use.

Next, I like combining canned tuna with tofu, so what I do first is to remove the oil from the tuna.

In the same pan, I remove the excess oil and leave about 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and then when the oil is hot enough I add the tuna in.

I let it cook for a minute, after that I added a tablespoon of butter.

Let the butter melt and then mix it, cook the tuna until it turns crispy.

Now that the tuna is cooked, I added the aromatics like garlic and red onion but I left some for the garnish for later. I sauteed them until the aroma smelled.