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Tokwa and Tuna Recipe

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Tokwa and Tuna is an appetizer dish composed of fried extra firm tofu and grilled ahi tuna. A Filipino dish called Tokwa’t Baboy, which is made up of tofu and pork, was the inspiration for this dish. I thought that using ahi tuna will compliment the fried tofu – and it did.

Tokwa and Tuna Recipe

I think that Tokwa and Tuna have some similarities with kinilaw or kilawin and sinuglaw; all these Filipino food favorites are all soaked in a vinegar mixture and all make a good appetizer or “pulutan”.

This dish is a good option for those of you who like the idea of a healthier and leaner tokwat baboy (without the pork though). You’ll get a good amount of the protein from the fish and tofu and you will worry less on having bad cholesterol or a possibility of getting high blood pressure after eating this dish.

Try this Tokwa and Tuna recipe. Let me know your what you think.

 

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Tokwa and Tuna Recipe

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 4
Author Vanjo Merano

Ingredients

  • 6 oz. ahi tuna
  • 14 oz. extra firm tofu
  • 1 medium red onion sliced
  • 3 pieces long green chili sliced
  • 3/4 cup apple cider or cane vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons granulated white sugar
  • 1 1/2 cups cooking oil
  • Salt and ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Combine the vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar in a bowl. Mix well. Microwave for 15 seconds. Set aside.
  • Rub 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper on the ahi tuna. Let it stay for 15 minutes.
  • Heat-up the grill. Grill the tuna for 3 to 5 minutes per side.
  • Remove the tuna from the grill. Slice into cubes. Set aside.
  • Heat the oil in a deep cooking pot.
  • Once the oil is hot, deep fry the tofu (two pieces at a time) until the color turns golden brown.
  • Remove the tofu from the cooking pot. Let the excess oil drip. Slice the tofu into cubes. Set aside.
  • Combine the tuna, tofu, onion, and green pepper in a mixing bowl. Toss.
  • Pour-in the vinegar mixture. Gently toss until all the ingredients are well blended.
  • Transfer to a serving plate or bowl.
  • Serve. Share and enjoy!

Nutrition

Serving: 4g

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Comments

  1. Billy Evans says

    April 14, 2015 at 6:42 am

    How do you get your spouce to eat vegetables when growing up he was not made to and doesnt like to now. I have tried every kind of way to descise them with all kinds of sauces or cooking methods…

    Reply
    • agnes says

      April 28, 2015 at 5:45 am

      I trained my little boy to eat vegetables when he was still a toddler. Being in Middle East, chicken or beef shawarma is famous so I would feed him with that and he loved it. That is how he get used to eat veggies until now.

      Reply

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