Filipino Crispy Tofu Sisig (Vegan)

Step 1

You can watch the video below.

Step 2

Drain excess water out of the tofu. I usually do this by wrapping them with some paper towels and placing a plate on top of them but you can also opt to use a tofu press.

Step 3

Afterwards, I sliced the tofu into small 1/2-inch cubes. The smaller the better—so if you can slice even small, that’d be better.

Step 4

Mix all the sauce ingredients together. Feel free to adjust to your taste.

Step 5

Heat your large pan over high heat. Add some oil to coat the surface of the pan.

Step 6

When hot, add in the tofu cubes. The tofu cubes should immediately sizzle when you add them in the oil. Sprinkle some salt over the tofu cubes.

Step 7

Leave the tofu cubes to cook over medium high until golden brown, around 4 to 5 minutes. You may beed to flip them over if pan-frying them. Repeat until all the sides are golden brown and crisp.

Step 8

Remove the tofu from the oil then set aside. Drain the excess oil form the pan. I have this container with a strainer on top that I use to store my oil. Since tofu are very neutral, I can still use this oil for another 1-2 times.

Step 9

Add in 1-2 tbsp of oil or vegan butter on the same pan. Alternatively, you can cook the sisig directly on a cast iron pan/sizzling plate. Over high heat, sauté the onion for 1 minute.

Step 10

Add in the garlic, then sauté for another minute.

Step 11

Add in the chiles and peppers and cook for 1-2 minutes until tender.

Step 12

Add in the diced mushrooms and cook for 1 minute over high heat.

Step 13

Afterwards, add in the crispy tofu.

Step 14

Pour in the sauce mix and lower to medium high heat. Mix well.

Step 15

Taste the sisig then season with more vegetarian mushroom oyster sauce and soy sauce, if needed.

Step 16

Mix everything together and leave to cook over medium heat for 1 minute.

Step 17

Add in the vegan mayonnaise and give everything a good mix until the mayonnaise has beautiful coated the tofu.

Step 18

Turn off the heat and serve while hot on a sizzling plate, if you’d like that whole experience.

Step 19

If using a sizzling plate or cast iron pan, you can simply heat this over direct heat. Once hot and smoking, turn off the heat add 1/2 tbsp of vegan butter until melted. Add in the cooked sisig into the sizzling pan.

Step 20

Squeeze with some more calamansi or lemon juice, if you’d like. Enjoy with rice or singangag (Filipino Fried Garlic Rice)!