Hot and spicy tofu

Many years ago we used to visit the Penang Satay House restaurant (if my memory serves correctly) on Turnpike Lane, Woodgreen, London.  We had many a lovely Thai meal there and the satay was fantastic, but one dish that was fantastic and I've never found a recipe for it was a Tofu dish that was marinaded in a hot and spicy sauce.  This is my attempt to recreate the dish - long years may have dimmed my memory, but I thin this is pretty good!

Ingredients

1 350g pack firm soy bean tofu

Sechuan pepper

Salt

plain flour

salt

oil for frying

1 dessertspoon light soy sauce

1 dessertspoon dark soy sauce

1 dessertspoon fish sauce

1 dessertspoon chinkiang vinegar

2 teaspoons chilli oil

½ teaspoon honey

Fresh coriander (optional)

Method

Chop the tofu into 1cm slices and carefully coat the slices with a little salt, a good few grindings of sechuan pepper and a coating of a little flour.  Heat the oil in a pan until it is hot, then fry the tofu on both sides until golden brown.

Combine the soy sauces, fish sauce, vinegar, chilli oil and honey together and once the tofu is golden, chop it into bite size pieces and add it to the mixture.  Adjust for taste with chilli and fish sauce and serve as is with a little chopped coriander for garnish or use it to make some Pad Thai.