Dinner

Braised Tofu with Mushrooms and Pak Choi

Name: Braised Tofu with Mushrooms and Pak Choi
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 200 g Firm tofu, cut into thick slabs; 150 g Mushrooms, halved; 150 g Pak choi; 4 tsp (20 g) Soy sauce; A thumb, sliced Fresh ginger; 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic; Half a teaspoon Chinese five spice; 1 tsp (4 g) Sugar; 200 ml Vegetable stock; 1 tsp (5 g), slaked in cold water Cornflour; 1 tsp (4 g) Toasted sesame oil; 5 g Rapeseed oil

Tofu seared and then braised in soy, ginger and five spice with mushrooms, the sauce thickened at the end, pak choi steamed alongside. 437 kcal.

Calories: 437kcal
Protein: 35g
Fat: 25g
Carbs: 21g

Per serving, makes 1. 25 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Soya
Sesame
Celery

Ordinary soy sauce is brewed with wheat. Tamari is brewed without wheat and is a separate ingredient here.
Nearly every stock cube and pot lists celery. Home-made stock without it carries no flag.

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Ingredients

Firm tofu, cut into thick slabs200 g
Weighed after pressing. Silken tofu is about half the calories and protein.
Mushrooms, halved150 g
Pak choi150 g
Soy sauce4 tsp (20 g)
Fresh gingerA thumb, sliced
Garlic2 cloves, about 6 g
Chinese five spiceHalf a teaspoon
Sugar1 tsp (4 g)
Vegetable stock200 ml
Made up from a cube or a pot.
Cornflour1 tsp (5 g), slaked in cold water
Toasted sesame oil1 tsp (4 g)
Rapeseed oil5 g

Method

Dry the tofu slabs and sear them in the rapeseed oil over a high heat for three minutes a side until browned. Lift them out.
Fry the mushrooms in the same pan for four minutes, then add the ginger, garlic and five spice for thirty seconds.
Add the stock, soy and sugar, return the tofu, and simmer with the lid half on for twelve minutes so the tofu drinks the sauce.
Steam the pak choi for three minutes. Stir the cornflour into the pan and let it thicken for a minute, add the sesame oil, and serve the tofu and mushrooms over the pak choi.

Worth knowing

Braising is what makes tofu taste of something. Seared and then left to simmer in the sauce, it ends up seasoned through rather than coated.
At 437 kcal there is room for rice. A 150 g portion of cooked rice makes it about 630.

Other dinner recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every dinner between 300 and 450 calories a serving.

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