Tofu Salad with Yuja Dressing

I was invited to Claire's house a few weeks ago. She wanted to serve Korean foods like Korean dumplings(mandu) and rice cake soup(tteokguk). She is American not Korean, but she made Korean foods and served us. What wonderful things!

That day we made dumplings together. She had made dumpling filling beforehand, we just put the filling into the dumpling skins. It was so much fun to make dumplings and sit around shooting the breeze. Just like in Korea. FUN FUN FUN!!!

I was worried about what to make and then I made a Tofu salad with yuja dressing.

I wanted to share a Korean style tofu salad and unique yuja dressing. Korean style yuja dressing has been a popular Korean dressing in recent years. It's slightly sweet and fruity. It has a unique, refreshing citrus aroma and flavor that might be described as a mixture of lemon, lime and grapefruit. The aromatic and floral lime like fruit, yuja, has been popularized in Japan also. It's called yuzu in Japanese cuisine and yuja in Korean cuisine.

The all purpose Korean yuja dressing recipe can be used in a lot of Korean recipes, the sweet flavor makes any dressed salad into an elegant side dish.

This tofu salad has a wonderful zesty finish from the citrus fruit, yuja!

Ingredients

1 pack                     tofu

1/2 t                         salt

2 C                          spring mix

1/2                           apple

1/4                           red onion

2                              kumatoes

Yuja dressing

5 T                          marmalade yuja

2 T                          vinegar

1 pack                     truvia

1 T                          olive oil

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

Cut the tofu into bite sized pieces and put on a  paper towel to remove water and sprinkle with salt slightly.

Put oil in a pan and fry the tofu over medium high heat until golden brown and set aside.

Slice apple and onion.

Mix all the dressing ingredients.

Put vegetables, tomatoes, apples, tofu and dressing in a bowl.

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