Hi there, it's Nisha, and welcome back to another video. Today I'm going to show
you how to make a Chinese Takeout-Style Tofu and Broccoli in the Instant Pot.
This is a recipe from my brand new cookbook - The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook,
and I can't wait to share it with you. it's really easy to make, and incredibly
flavorful. The first step in this recipe is to press out the excess water in the
tofu. I'm using extra firm tofu which is the best variety when you're stir-frying
it as in this recipe , and I've covered it in a bunch of paper towels and then I
put a heavy skillet on top of it. that's generally how I press tofu and I let it
sit for 20 to 30 minutes and I changed the paper towels in between. And now I've
got this block of tofu that is pretty much removed of all the excess water. And
the reason you want to do that is if you don't, your tofu will get waterlogged.
It won't get crispy and it won't be as flavorful. So I'm just gonna cut the tofu
into cubes and then I'm going to marinate it in these ingredients right
here, just for like five minutes to get it a little bit more flavorful. I've got
a gallon size zip top bag and I'm gonna put the tofu directly in there. If you
don't want to use plastic you can go ahead and put it in a shallow pie plate
or something like that, pour the marinade on top, and massage it with your hands.
And then you can just go ahead and pour the marinade ingredients directly on top.
We've got some gluten free soy sauce and then I've got some Sriracha. I also have
some toasted sesame oil, and finally some rice wine or rice vinegar. Just get all
of the air out of the bag and massage it. and then we'll just let the tofu sit
here for about five minutes to get the marinade on it. In addition to the tofu,
the other main ingredient in this dish is broccoli. so I'm going to chop up
these broccoli heads into some florets and that will go in after the tofu gets
cooked in the pressure cooker.
For this recipe I'm going to make a sauce using these ingredients. We've got
some tamari, which is gluten free soy sauce. You can use regular soy sauce if you
want. just keep in mind it won't be gluten free. And we've got some agave
nectar. You can also use coconut nectar. also got some water Sriracha. if you don't
have Sriracha you can use another chili garlic type of hot sauce,
Also have some toasted sesame oil, which is going to really perfume this sauce
with a really distinct nutty aroma. And then some rice wine vinegar or rice
vinegar - they're the same thing. That's gonna be the source of acid. and then we
have some finely grated or minced ginger.
I've got the Instant Pot on the Saute setting and once it heats up I'm going
to add some oil to saute the tofu. You can use any neutral oil you like. I've
got some sunflower seed oil - you can use grapeseed oil or vegetable oil or
whatever you like. I want the pan to be really hot for this tofu so it gets
crispy on the outside, so I'm gonna wait until the Instant Pot display read
HOT - that's when you know it's time to add the tofu. I've got this slotted spoon
and I'm going to use it to scoop the tofu out of the bag, leaving any excess
marinade behind, and we're going to saute the tofu for about 90 seconds.
You're gonna let the tofu cook undisturbed for about 90 seconds. Don't
touch it for that period , nd then you're gonna use a spatula like this to move it
around so it can get cooked evenly on all sides.
Now I'm going to go ahead and have this sauce that we made earlier directly to
the Instant Pot. I've coated all the tofu in the sauce and now we're going to
pressure cook it for three minutes at high pressure.
The final ingredient in this dish are the corn starch slurry. so I'm going to add 1/4 of a cup of water
to 2 tablespoons of corn starch and whisk that together to make a slurry. and
once the tofu and broccoli are done cooking, I will pour that into the sauce
which will help thicken it. So after the tofu cooks, you're going to do a quick
pressure release which means you're going to move the valve to the venting
position as soon as the timer goes off to release the steam. And now we're going
to add the broccoli into the Instant Pot and let that pressure cook for just a minute.
Now that I've added the broccoli, I'm going to pressure-cook it again just for
one minute, and we're gonna do it at low pressure so the broccoli doesn't get
overcooked. So you want to hit that "Pressure Level" button so it says low and
then reduce it to one minute.
The broccoli and tofu are done cooking. It
was just one minute in the Instant Pot so it was very quick. And now I'm gonna
do a quick pressure release to let all the steam out.
I'm gonna hit the Saute button right here and I'm gonna go down to less heat, so depending on your model
you might just need to push the Saute button again until it says "less" right here.
I don't want it to be too hot and I don't want anything to burn. And then I'm gonna
pour in this cornstarch slurry and that's gonna help thicken up the sauce.
After everything's been sauteed for a couple minutes, I'm gonna serve the tofu
and broccoli. I have some white rice here today, but you can also use brown rice or
any kind of grain you like.
This is so flavorful. It's spicy. It's a little bit sweet from the agave. It's got
that nice toasted sesame flavor. It's just so flavorful. I'm sure you're gonna
love it. If you don't love spicy food go easy on the Sriracha, but if you love
spicy food like I do, go ahead and add as much Sriracha as you like.
I hope you enjoyed this recipe for a Chinese Takeout-Stylet Tofu and Broccoli
from my cookbook, The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook. Thank you so much for watching
and I'll see you in the next video.