Vegan Char Siu Rice

Ingredients

• Vegan Char Siu:
• 500g firm tofu, drained
• 3 tbsp LKK Char Siu Sauce
• 3 tbsp water
• 4 tbsp corn starch, to dust tofu
• 2 tbsp oil, or as required
• Fragrant Rice:
• 2 cloves garlic chopped, 4 ginger slices
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 cups medium grain rice
• Water for cooking rice, as required
• Condiments and garnish:
• Homemade chilli sauce, to serve
• Pickles and sliced cucumber, to serve
• Coriander, as garnish
• Sesame seeds, optional, as garnish on char siu

Method

1. Rinse rice until it runs clear.
2. Place cooking oil in a pan, with medium heat saute ginger and garlic until golden brown.
3. Place all fragrant rice ingredients into the rice cooker and cook.
4. In a bowl, combine LKK Char Siu Sauce and water to make a marinade , leave aside.
5. Slice tofu lengthways into long rectangular log slabs.
6. Rub all sides of tofu log slabs with cornstarch.
7. In a non-stick pan, pan fry tofu slabs until all sides are golden brown with a crust.
8. Reduce heat on pan, add in the char siu marinade and reduce until all char siu marinade is soaked up by the tofu slabs and has a slight char.
9. Remove tofu slabs from pan. Slice, and serve with cooked rice, condiments and garnish. Enjoy your char siu rice :)

Product used in recipe

• Lee Kum Kee - Char Siu Sauce