Fried Garlic Sesame Dressing

Name: Fried Garlic Sesame Dressing
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: ½ lb soft tofu (not silken), drained (227 g) Tofu; 6 Tbsp water (90 ml) Water; ¼ cup rice vinegar (60 ml) Rice Vinegar; 2 Tbsp tahini (30 ml) Tahini; 2 Tbsp store-bought fried garlic (30 ml) Garlic; 1 tsp kosher salt (5 ml) Salt; ½ tsp MSG (2.5 ml) Msg

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Calvin Eng recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Calvin Eng.

DRESSING · TOFU & VEGETABLE SALADS

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for Salt Sugar MSG tofu.

Eng's fried garlic-tahini dressing for a tofu salad.

On the jar

FRIED GARLIC

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 7

Stove sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 90 mlRice Vinegar 60 mlTahini 30 mlGarlic 30 mlSalt 5 mlMsg 3 ml

Ingredients

Tofu½ lb soft tofu (not silken), drained (227 g)
Water6 Tbsp water (90 ml)
Rice Vinegar¼ cup rice vinegar (60 ml)
Tahini2 Tbsp tahini (30 ml)
Garlic2 Tbsp store-bought fried garlic (30 ml)
Salt1 tsp kosher salt (5 ml)
Msg½ tsp MSG (2.5 ml)

Method

Pour liquids to the printed fill-lines, bottom to top.
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Calvin Eng. Cantonese-American. Cited awards include: Food & Wine Best New Chef 2022.

Adapted from a Calvin Eng recipe (Calvin Eng / The Dinner Plan Substack (Salt Sugar MSG tofu; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Calvin Eng / The Dinner Plan Substack (Salt Sugar MSG tofu; re-eligible under §1 v2 2026-07-18) (published as “Fried Garlic Sesame Dressing”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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