4 soy mirin tofu fried rice Recipes

short-grain rice, ground beef or 1/2 cup ground pork or 1/2 cup ground turkey or 1/2 cup ground chicken (all work well) or 1/2 cup diced chicken, corn oil (if you re using meat) or 2 tbsp grapeseed oil (if you re using meat), salt , to taste, pepper , to taste, shiitake mushroom, stems removed and caps sliced, carrot, finely diced, bamboo shoots or 1/4 cup water chestnuts or 1/4 cup celery, chopped, fried tofu (abruage) or 1/4 lb firm tofu, well pressed and cut into chunks, soy sauce, mirin or 3 tbsp honey, dashi or 2 1/2 cups chicken stock or 2 1/2 cups water

raw sesame seeds, extra firm tofu, cornstarch, canola oil or peanut oil, for frying, agave nectar (for vegans) or 2 tbsp honey, soy sauce, minced fresh gingerroot, toasted sesame oil, mirin (japanese sweet cooking wine-or use rice wine vinegar), garlic cloves, minced, chopped scallion, crushed red pepper flakes , to sprinkle over top

dried hijiki seaweed ( 2 oz), soy sauce, mirin, sugar, dashi powder , dissolved in 1/2 cup of hot water, vegetable oil, carrots , cut into 3-inch matchsticks, sliced fried tofu , about 1 oz, seasoned rice vinegar, toasted sesame oil, black sesame seeds, for garnish