Dubu Jorim

The Method for Dubu Jorim

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1. Press the tofu between two boards under a weight for 15 minutes, then pat dry and salt lightly.

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2. Heat the vegetable oil in a wide non-stick pan over a medium-high heat.

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3. Lay the tofu in and fry 5 minutes without touching it, until it releases and the underside is golden.

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4. Turn and fry 4 minutes more.

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5. Mix the soy sauce, gochugaru, sugar, mirin, garlic and water.

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6. Pour it around the tofu, not over it.

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7. Simmer 8 minutes, spooning the sauce over every couple of minutes, until it has reduced to a glaze.

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8. Add half the spring onions and cook 1 minute.

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9. Drizzle the sesame oil over and take off the heat.

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10. Scatter the remaining spring onions and the sesame seeds over.

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What Can Go Wrong

1. Press it, then fry it dry and hard.
2. Wait until it releases before turning.
3. Sauce around the tofu, not over it, so the crust survives.

Changing the Recipe

• Out of spring onions? A small regular onion, finely sliced, or a few chives stirred in at the end both cover the job.
• An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.

A Little Background

Press the tofu and fry it hard before any liquid goes near it. A golden crust changes both texture and flavour and it stops the slabs disintegrating in the braise — untfried tofu goes to pieces and the dish becomes a soy soup with tofu in it. Fry it dry in a hot pan until it releases on its own; poking it before then tears the surface off.

To Go With It

Steamed rice · Kimchi · Doenjang jjigae

Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Kimchi Fried Rice.

Storing Leftovers

Keeps 4 days refrigerated and is good cold from the fridge.

Common Questions

Dubu Jorim Nutrition Facts

Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.

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