Asparagus with Balsamic Butter Sauce and Fried Tofu with Honey BBQ Sauce

This was a meal that I sliced and diced together. Or maybe pasted in a better word: Baked Asparagus with Balsamic Butter Sauce recipe, Tex Asian BBQ Tofu recipe (my recipe so does not look like Chef Erik’s picture as I rather just used the frying instructions), and Honey BBQ Sauce recipe I’m not a big fan of bbq sauce and neither is Jason, so I had to resort to making my own. This is a true what’s in the fridge today meal.

Asparagus with Balsamic Butter Sauce

Serves: 4

Ingredients:
1 bunch (trimmed) asparagus
Salt and pepper to season
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp balsamic vinegar
4 tsp soy sauce

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Arrange the asparagus on a baking sheet. Coat with cooking spray, and season with salt and pepper.

Bake asparagus 12 minutes in the preheated oven, or until tender.

Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat. Stir in soy sauce and balsamic vinegar. Pour over the baked asparagus and serve immediately.

Honey BBQ Sauce

Note: I didn’t measure anything. Bad me. So please adjust to your taste. Also I only made a tiny bit, which wasn’t really enough for my recipe.

1/4 cup ketchup
1 tbsp white vinegar
2 tsp molasses
2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp chili powder (add more to taste)

Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan. Bring it to a simmer and simmer for 5 minutes.

I then kept it warm for my recipe.

Fried Tofu with Honey BBQ Sauce

1 block tofu cubed
1 cup flour
Pinch of salt
1 cup of the honey bbq sauce from recipe above
Enough oil to fry tofu

Preheat oven to 350°F.

In a bowl, mix flour and a pinch of salt. Toss tofu with flour mixture being careful not to break up tofu. Let sit for 5 minutes and give it another toss.

Heat oil in frying pan and carefully add tofu. Cook until golden brown.

Place tofu on oven sheet. Bake tofu for 20 minutes or until crispy.

Toss tofu with bbq sauce and eat.