Vietnamese
Dau Hu Sot Ca (Tofu Simmered in Tomato Sauce)
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Dau Hu Sot Ca (Tofu Simmered in Tomato Sauce) is Vietnamese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Cut the tofu into 1-inch cubes and pat them dry with a towel.
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Heat 2 tbsp oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and fry the tofu in batches, turning, until golden and lightly crisp on most sides, about 6 minutes, then set aside.
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Add the remaining oil to the pan and cook the garlic and shallots until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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Add the chopped tomato and tomato paste and cook, mashing the tomato with a spoon, until it breaks down into a thick sauce, about 6 minutes.
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Stir in the sugar and salt, then add 1/3 cup water to loosen the sauce.
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Gently fold the fried tofu into the sauce and simmer until it soaks up the flavor, about 5 minutes, spooning the sauce over the top.
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Scatter with scallions and serve hot over the jasmine rice.
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Serve it with
A Vietnamese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dau Hu Sot Ca (Tofu Simmered in Tomato Sauce), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Dau Hu Sot Ca (Tofu Simmered in Tomato Sauce) carries soy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | Yes | Banh Xeo (Vietnamese Sizzling Crepes) |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 530 kcal
- Protein
- 29 g
- Carbs
- 54 g
- Fat
- 22 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 230 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Dau Hu Sot Ca (Tofu Simmered in Tomato Sauce) takes about 25 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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