Cold Sesame Noodles & Crispy Tofu

When cooking, sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. And sometimes you do both. Such was the case with dinner a few nights ago. Sticking with our meatless weekdays, I made cold sesame noodles with crispy tofu and a sweet chili dipping sauce.

Wins:

Noodles - Cooked and tossed with crunchy veggies and a sesame, peanut sauce. A veritable pachanga of flavors and textures.

Sweet chili sauce- A sweet, tangy and spicy concoction of sugar, vinegar and sambal oelek , heated and thickened with some cornstarch. Very tasty.

Fail:

Crispy tofu- Sticks of tofu, drained, coated in a mixture of cornstarch, cornmeal and spices and pan fried until crispy. The coating was really nice, but perhaps our introduction to tofu should have been smaller pieces of tofu added to a more assertive dish. Making the tofu the main ingredient did not go so well. The taste was very bland, and the texture was a bit off-putting. Oh well.