Woo Can Cook | Crispy Mongolian Tofu (P.F. Chang's)

Hello! Hi everyone, Wesley here. Today we're diving back into our series dedicated to reproducing classic Americanized Chinese cuisine with yet another addition to our ever growing collection of PF Chang's recipes, with a shot at a dish that honestly I didn't even really know existed, which is their Mongolian tofu. For those new here, in this series, we have been deconstructing classic dishes from Americanized Chinese cuisine, then seeing what it might look like when reconstructed through the lens of more traditional wok cooking. The PF Chang's mongolian tofu (as you might guess) is a play on the more common carnivorous version known as Mongolian Beef, for which we have done a few different recipes for at this point, too.

Despite it's name, Mongolian beef actually has no roots in Mongolian cuisine at all, but instead comes from Taiwanese cuisine, which of course is why it's composition and preparation are all inspired by Chinese wok cooking. Perhaps most iconic about Mongolian beef specifically however is the corn starch coating to the flank steak, which gives the beef its iconic crisp exterior in the stir fry. So, we'll be taking a look at how to translate this corn starch coating for a tofu stir fry, and while doing so, also taking a look at how to properly handle our tofu so that it doesn't break apart, dry out, burn, or honestly just taste like a bland piece of fake meat. Hope you try it.

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0:00 Hello Hi Everyone!
1:59 Mise En Place (veggies)
2:41 Mise En Place (tofu)
3:26 Mise En Place (marinade)
4:26 Mise En Place (sauce)
5:02 On The Stove (shallow fry)
5:47 On The Stove (stir fry)
6:33 Let's Eat!
8:00 Thanks For Watching!