Golden Tofu Salad with Carrots and Hijiki
"The mild hijiki is a great way to introduce seaweed to wary family and friends. This was my favorite recipe from the Whole Foods class I took in Spring of 2003 at Bastyr University. Careful - the salad is highly addictive!"
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons dried hijiki seaweed
- 1 cup water
- 12 ounces firm tofu
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce or 1 tablespoon tamari
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ginger, grated
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 medium carrots, julienned
- 3 scallions, sliced thinly,sprinkled with
- 1⁄8 teaspoon sea salt, and pressed lightly
directions
- In a small saucepan, soak hijiki for 10 minutes.
- Once rehydrated, simmer the seaweed uncovered for 20 minutes or until the water has evaporated.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Meanwhile, drain the tofu and slice the cake horizontally.
- Place between sheets of paper towels and put on a cutting board with a heavy weight atop the tofu to press away excess water.
- A cast iron skillet or heavy book is ideal.
- Drain the tofu for at least 15 minutes.
- Cut into cubes and brown evenly on all sides using 1 tabblespoon of sesame oil.
- Remove from pan and sprinkle with tamari.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together vinegar, oil, ginger, and salt.
- Add seaweed, tofu, and veggies.
- Toss well and allow flavors to marry for at least 30 minutes.
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Reviews
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I've been eating hijiki and homemade tofu since I was a small child. When I saw this recipe, I thought I would give it a try. I've never used rice vinegar or seasame oil in my hijiki. I made this recipe exactly as written tonight and to be perfectly honest, if the hijiki was not so expensive I would have thrown it out. It was horrible. All you could taste was the sesame oil and rice vinegar. I don't know how any one could give this 5 stars. I think if you replace the rice vinegar with mirin, a little sugar, and abura-age it would taste a lot better. -
Addictive, indeed! I've made this three times already since discovering it here about a month ago. Nice contrast of textures, and a fresh clean flavor. Also, keeps well in the refrigerator for a few days. Thanks, BelovedRooster! -
Yum. This is a colorful dish, has a nice mix of textures, and it tastes really good. I can't think of anything else that it tastes like to explain the flavor, but it doesn't taste weird at all, either. There was a somewhat similar recipe on the hijiki box that called for pre-fried tofu, abura-age, so I might try subbing that sometime, but it was really good this way.
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I've been eating hijiki and homemade tofu since I was a small child. When I saw this recipe, I thought I would give it a try. I've never used rice vinegar or seasame oil in my hijiki. I made this recipe exactly as written tonight and to be perfectly honest, if the hijiki was not so expensive I would have thrown it out. It was horrible. All you could taste was the sesame oil and rice vinegar. I don't know how any one could give this 5 stars. I think if you replace the rice vinegar with mirin, a little sugar, and abura-age it would taste a lot better.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
BelovedRooster
Seattle, WA
I moved to Seattle from Alaska in August of 2001. I am a nutrition graduate from Bastyr Naturopathic University and am a personal trainer and holistic health counselor (receiving additional education from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition). I have opened up a practice in the Seattle area and love to assist people in meeting their health, fitness, and nutrition goals in person and by phone. I also love trying new recipes and testing them out of friends and family, but have missed cooking a great deal while transitioning from a student to a business owner. I'm hoping to have more time to experiment in the kitchen for both personal and business reasons! I have successfully three marathons in the last 3 years - running has been a great stress release for me and has been a wonderful way to make friends here. I'm passionate about sustainable food, running, nutrition, individual and world peace, turtles, and my friends. I have a strong dislike for cold weather and violence. If I had a month off and enough cash to do so, I would travel to Costa Rica and explore as much of the land there that I could get my hands on (then buy property for a wellness center)! If I had a month off with no money, I'd focus on my running, trying new recipes, deepening existing friendships and sleeping in!
You may know me on this site as VeganRunner, but I am no longer maintaining a vegan lifestyle.
