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japanese tofu salad with bonito flakes on white round plate
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Quickest, Coolest Japanese Tofu Salad

Incredibly cooling and quick to make, this Japanese tofu salad feels like a smooth, creamy popsicle on the palate. Have it in your recipe repertoire for a high protein dish you can make within minutes using simple ingredients.
Course Salad, Side Dish
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword cold tofu recipes, healthy salads, summer salad
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 107kcal
Author Agile Test Kitchen

Equipment

  • 1 serving dish with a rim or lip to hold the excess liquid that drips out of the tofu
  • 1 small knife to cut the tofu and green onion

Ingredients

  • 14 oz silken tofu, aka soft tofu this is 1 block of tofu that comes in a plastic carton
  • 2 Tb soy sauce
  • 1 Tb sesame oil
  • ½ c nori or seaweed crisps cut into ¼" strips or crumbled
  • ⅓ c edamame beans
  • 1 Tb green onion sliced

Instructions

  • Carefully remove the block of soft tofu from packaging without breaking. Cut into bite sized cubes and transfer to serving plate. 
  • Dress with soy sauce and sesame oil. Garnish with bonito flakes and green onion.  
  • Serve immediately. 

Notes

This recipe serve 2 hearty appetizer or 4 when served with other dishes.
  1. The silken, also called soft, tofu will continue to leech water as it sits.  Cut and plate the tofu just prior to serving.
  2. This works best with silken tofu. Medium or firm tofu doesn't have the creamy texture and is meant to be cooked rather than eaten cold. 
  3. Slice the green onions as thinly as possible.  It will look nicer and match the delicacy of the tofu.
  4. Serve with spoons, so you can pick up some of the soy sauce drippings and easily handle the very delicate silken tofu cubes.
  5. Other optional garnishes include grated ginger, edamame, wakame seaweed, thin sliced cucumber, pickled ginger, shiso leaves, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels. For a pescatarian version, use bonito flakes. 
  6. Leftovers are not ideal, since the soy sauce stains the tofu brown. But this dish is still tasty when stored in the fridge for 2-3 days. 

Nutrition

Serving: 4oz | Calories: 107kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 508mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 47IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg