Tofu Hamburger Steak with Tomato Flavoured Sauce

My Tofu Hamburger Steak is made with a mix of mince (floor meat) and tofu. It’s not a vegetarian tofu patty, but it surely actually has much less energy than the standard hamburger steak. You’ll be shocked at how comfortable and juicy my Tofu Hamburger Steak is.

In Japan, Tofu Hamburger Steak known as ‘tōfu hanbāgu’ (豆腐ハンバーグ). There are two variations of tōfu hanbāgu – a meat patty combined with crumbled tofu and a patty made with tofu, with out meat.

Most Japanese individuals consider the previous patty once they hear the phrase tōfu hanbāgu. So individuals normally name the latter ‘nikunashi tōfu hanbāgu’ (肉なし豆腐ハンバーグ), which means Tofu Hamburger Steak with out meat.

Apparently, the origin of Tofu Hamburger Steak is definitely nikunashi tōfu hanbāgu. It was created by a chef  named Takaya who was Michael Jackson’s private chef whereas Michael was in Japan on the BAD Tour in 1987.

Since Michael was a vegetarian, Chef Takaya needed to give you quite a few vegetarian dishes. After a lot trial and error, the chef got here up with a tōfu hanbāgu with out meat since Michael was keen on beans. Michael clearly favored it, as he ate it day by day.

Since then Chef Takaya’s nikunashi tōfu hanbāgu advanced and Hamburger Steak with a mix of mince/floor meat and tofu grew to become extra generally consumed. The recognition of Tofu Hamburger Steak elevated as customers grew to become extra well being aware.

What’s in my Tofu Hamburger Steak

• Pork and beef mince/floor pork and beef
• Momen tofu/agency tofu
• Finely chopped onion
• Egg
• Salt
• Pepper
• Oil

Supermarkets typically promote a pack of pork and beef mince, however you too can combine 50% pork mince and 50% beef mince like what I did.

You may use exhausting tofu, which incorporates much less water than momen tofu. However the texture of the patties turns into a bit firmer with exhausting tofu. Silken tofu and further exhausting tofu are usually not suited to this recipe.

Tomato Flavoured Sauce

This isn’t a typical Japanese-style sauce, besides that it incorporates a little bit of soy sauce. However I just like the vivid orange color, which is appetising.

• Tomato passata
• Cream
• Soy sauce
• Rooster inventory powder/dice (crumbled)

There are different sauces that go effectively with Tofu Hamburger Steak. Within the subsequent part I listed 4 sauces (together with right now’s sauce) that you could be wish to attempt.

The best way to make Tofu Hamburger Steak

After I make meat patties, I normally sauté chopped onions earlier than mixing them with meat. You’ll be able to see how I sautéed the onions in my recipe Stewed Hamburg Steak. However right now, I cooked the onions within the microwave. That is one other effort to scale back the energy in right now’s Hamburger Steak. See the video.

Getting ready Onion and Tofu

1. Put onions in a container and cook dinner them in microwave.
2. Dehydrate tofu in microwave, then press the tofu all the way down to squeeze extra water out.

It’s essential cut back the load of the tofu by 25-30%. Inadequate dehydration will make the meat patty watery and too comfortable.

Making Tofu Hamburger Steaks

1. Combine meat, salt, and pepper effectively in a bowl till the mince turns into like sticky paste.
2. Add tofu to the meat combination and blend effectively, breaking the tofu into small items.
3. Add onion and egg to the bowl and blend effectively.
4. Divide the combination into 4 equal parts and make 4 oval patties.
5. Warmth oil in a frying pan and cook dinner patties till the underside of the patties grow to be darkish brown.
6. Flip the patties over, and cook dinner for about 5 minutes at decrease warmth, with a lid on.
7. Switch the Hamburger Steaks to serving plates and pour the sauce over them.

I made 4 giant patties, however you may make every patty smaller and make two small patties per serving if you want.

Making Tomato Flavoured Sauce

You will want to make the sauce earlier than your Tofu Hamburger Steaks are able to serve. You may make the sauce firstly or whereas cooking the Tofu Hamburger Steaks.

1. Add all of the Tomato Flavoured Sauce substances to a saucepan, and warmth over medium warmth.
2. Stir whereas heating till it begins effervescent.
3. Flip the warmth off.

It is a new sauce that I’ve not launched to you. However another sauces that I already talked about previously additionally go very effectively instead.

Number of Sauces for Tofu Hamburger Steak

The record under are the sauces that I feel are nice for Tofu Hamburger Steaks. I attempted and favored all of them as a result of they’ve totally different traits and add a fairly totally different flavour to the dish. These sauces are:

From left to proper: Tomato Flavoured Sauce, Demi-Glace, Daikon & Ponzu, Tonkatsu Sauce.

• Tomato Flavoured Sauce – right now’s recipe.
• Demi-Glace, per my recipe Demi-Glace, with a touch of soy sauce added to it.
• Ponzu with grated daikon as proven in my recipe, Beef with Daikon and Ponzu Dressing.
• Tonkatsu sauce – I used store-bought Bulldog model sauce (see the pattern photograph within the part BULL-DOG – THE JAPANESE SAUCE COMPANY of my publish Yakisoba). Bulldog Chūnō sauce additionally works.

Tofu Hamburger Steak with grated daikon and ponzu dressing.

Relying in your palate, and maybe the aspect dishes to go together with Tofu Hamburger Steak, you’ll be able to determine which sauce to make use of. In case you are calorie aware, Ponzu with grated daikon is the way in which to go. It additionally offers you probably the most refreshing flavour to go together with the dish.

Tomato Flavoured Sauce and Demi-Glace have extra energy than the opposite two sauces. You may suppose that it’s contradictory to make use of them on a Tofu Hamburger Steak, which is meant to scale back energy. However you’ll use solely a few tablespoons of sauce, which isn’t quite a bit.

Tofu Hamburger Steak with Demi-Glace.

My diet calculation reveals that 1 serving of Tofu Hamburger Steak with out sauce is 316 energy versus about 520 energy within the case of a meat-only Hamburger Steak. I feel just a few additional energy because of the wealthy sauce is justifiable.

Yumiko

Watch How To Make It

Tofu Hamburger Steak with Tomato Flavoured Sauce

My Tofu Hamburger Steak is made with a mix of mince (floor meat) and tofu. It’s not a vegetarian tofu patty, but it surely actually has much less energy than the meaty Hamburger steak! See the video.

Remember to see the part ‘MEAL IDEAS’ under the recipe card! It offers you a listing of dishes that I’ve already posted and this recipe that may make up a whole meal. I hope it’s of assist to you.

Recipe Kind:

Fundamental

Delicacies:

Japanese

Key phrase:

hamburger steak, Japanese hamburger steak, tofu hamburger

Serves: 4

Writer: Yumiko

Elements (tbsp=15ml, cup=250ml)

• 300g/10.6oz
  momen tofu/agency tofu
  (notice 1)
• 150g/5.3oz
  pork mince
  (notice 2)
• 150g/5.3oz
  beef mince
  (notice 2)
• 100g/3.5oz
  onion finely chopped
• 1
  tsp
  salt
• ½
  tsp
  pepper
• 1
  egg
• 1
  tbsp
  oil

Tomato Flavoured Sauce (makes about 210ml/14 tablespoons)

• 200g/7.1oz
  tomato passata
• 3
  tbsp
  cream
• 1
  tbsp
  soy sauce
• ½
  tsp
  soup inventory powder/dice

Directions

Getting ready Chopped Onion

1. Put chopped onion in a microwave-safe bowl and loosely cowl the bowl with cling wrap.

2. Microwave the onion for 1½ minutes at 600W.

3. Take away the cling wrap and let it cool.

Getting ready Tofu

1. Wrap the tofu block fully utilizing 3 items of kitchen paper (ideally related) and place it on a microwave-safe plate. Place a microwave-safe flat plate on prime of the wrapped tofu.

2. Microwave the tofu for 3 minutes at 600W.

3. Take away the kitchen paper, place the tofu again on the plate, then place a small flat plate or drop lid (no holes) on the tofu (notice 3).

4. Maintain the underside of the plate and the highest plate/drop lid with each fingers and put stress on the plate/drop lid on prime.

5. Tilt the plate whereas pressuring the highest and squeeze the water out of the tofu as a lot as you’ll be able to. The aim is to scale back the load of the tofu by about 25-30% of the unique weight, i.e., 300g/10.6oz tofu turns into 210-225g/7.4-7.9oz.

Making Patties

1. Put pork and beef mince, salt, and pepper in a bowl. Combine effectively, flattening the minced meat items in order that the mince combination turns into pasty and sticky (See the video).

2. Add tofu into the bowl, break it in your hand into small items, and blend effectively. As you combine the meat and tofu, goal the massive tofu items and break them into small items. Tofu items ought to be not more than 5mm cubes, ideally smaller.

3. Add onion to the bowl and blend effectively. Add egg and blend effectively guaranteeing that each one substances are evenly combined.　

4. Divide the mince into 4 equal parts (notice 4).

5. Taking one portion at a time, make a ball in your fingers.

6. Throw the mince ball from one hand to the opposite, like baseball gamers do. Do it just a few occasions in order that the air contained in the mince combination is eliminated.

7. Then, flip the ball right into a flat oval form of about 2.5cm/1″ thick.

Cooking Patties and Serving

1. Put oil in a big frying pan and warmth over medium warmth.

2. Place 4 patties within the pan, and gently press the centre of every patty down in order that the centre of the patty turns into barely thinner than the outer a part of the oval. It is because the centre bulges up when cooked.

3. Cook dinner for a few minutes till the underside of the patty browns properly.

4. Flip the patties over, cut back the warmth to medium low to low and place a lid on.

5. Cook dinner for 4-5 minutes till the Tofu Hamburger Steak is cooked by means of (notice 5). Flip the warmth off.

6. Switch every Tofu Hamburger Steak to a serving plate and pour the Tomato Flavoured Sauce over it (notice 6).

7. Serve instantly.

Tomato Flavoured Sauce (make this whereas getting ready & cooking patties)

1. Put all of the Tomato Flavoured Sauce substances in a pot and produce it to a boil, stirring sometimes.

2. Scale back the warmth and cook dinner for a minutes or so to thicken the sauce, stirring repeatedly.

3. Take away the pot from the warmth.

Recipe Notes

1. You may use exhausting tofu with out dehydrating it, since exhausting tofu incorporates much less water and also you solely want about 200-220g/7.1-7.8oz. However I discover that the Hamburger steak is firmer than these made with momen tofu.

Silken tofu and Further agency tofu are usually not suited to this recipe.

2. Supermarkets typically promote beef and pork mince combined in a pack. In case you are utilizing beef and pork mince, use 300g rather than 150g pork mince and 150g beef mince.

3. I’ve a picket conventional drop lid that was good for this (see the video and step-by-step photograph). You may use the plastic lid of an hermetic container, or the underside of a spring type cake pan. So long as you’ll be able to press down the tofu successfully, you should use something.

4. In case you are proud of a barely uneven measurement of Tofu Hamburger Steaks, draw a cross on the levelled mince combination within the bowl and take every portion (like how I did within the video).

To make 4 Hamburger Steaks with similar weight:

i) Weigh the blending bowl earlier than placing the substances in, then weigh the bowl with the patty combination.
ii) Subtract the load of the empty bowl from the load with the combination to work out the full weight of the patty combination.
iii) Divide the full weight by 4, which provides you the load of 1 patty.
iv) Weigh every portion to make 4 equal-sized Hamburger Steaks. I place the bowl with the patty combination on the dimensions, reset to zero. While you take one portion, the dimensions offers you a adverse weight of the portion.

5. While you poke a bamboo skewer into the centre of the Hamburger Steak, clear juice comes out if the meat is cooked by means of. If it isn’t cooked, the juice can be reddish.

Alternatively, you’ll be able to press down the centre of the oval to see if you happen to can really feel the firmness inside. The centre of an raw Hamburger Steak is comfortable. Nevertheless, it is a little bit of a tough technique to guage if the patty is cooked or not as a result of right now’s patty may be very comfortable because of the tofu within the combination, even whether it is fully cooked by means of.

6. Different sauces that go effectively with Tofu Hamburger Steak embrace Demi-Glace, Tonkatsu Sauce, and Ponzu with grated daikon. See the pattern photograph within the publish.

7. Tofu Hamburger Steak retains for a few days within the fridge. You may as well freeze them, however they grow to be barely dry when defrosted.

8. Vitamin per serving with out sauce.

serving: 193g energy: 316kcal fats: 24g (31%) saturated fats: 7.1g (36%) trans fats: 0.5g polyunsaturated fats: 3.7g monounsaturated fats: 11g ldl cholesterol: 100mg (33%) sodium: 649mg (28%) carbohydrates: 3.5g (1%) dietary fibre: 1.3g (5%) sugar: 1.6g protein: 22g vitamin D: 0mcg (1%) calcium: mg (18%) iron: 2.9mg (16%) potassium: 365mg (8%)

Vitamin of Tomato Flavoured Sauce per tablespoon.

serving: 19g energy: 14kcal fats: 1.2g (2%) saturated fats: 0.8g (4%) trans fats: 0.0g polyunsaturated fats: 0.1g monounsaturated fats: 0.3g ldl cholesterol: 3.6mg (1%) sodium: 80mg (3%) carbohydrates: 0.7g (0%) dietary fibre: 0.3g (1%) sugar: 0.5g protein: 0.3g vitamin D: 0mcg (0%) calcium: 7mg (1%) iron: 0.1mg (1%) potassium: 35.5mg (1%)