Sichuan

Home style tofu

Name: Home style tofu
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Firm tofu, firm, triangles 1 cm thick; 3 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 tbsp doubanjiang; 3 cloves sliced garlic; 1/2 inch sliced ginger; Carrot, thin slices; Dried wood ear mushroom (dried black fungus), dried, soaked; 1 green in pieces capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper); 3 stalks cut in lengths spring onion (green onion, scallion); 2/3 cup vegetable stock (vegetable broth); 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 2 tsp in 2 tbsp water cornflour (cornstarch)

Golden tofu triangles in a gently spicy bean sauce. Restaurant taste, home kitchen effort.

30 minTime

23 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Jia chang, the home kitchen3 chapters · 2 min read

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

365kcal

23 gprotein

6 gfibre

30minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Firm tofufirm, triangles 1 cm thick

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)3 tbsp

Doubanjiang1 tbsp

Garlic3 cloves, sliced

Ginger1.5 cm, sliced

Carrotthin slices

Dried wood ear mushroom (dried black fungus)dried, soaked

Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1 green, in pieces

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3 stalks, cut in lengths

Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)⅔ cup

Soy sauce1 tbsp

Sugar1 tsp

Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tsp, in 2 tbsp water

Method

5 steps

1Soak the wood ear in warm water for 15 minutes, then tear into bite pieces. Pat the tofu triangles dry.
2Heat the oil in a wide pan and fry the tofu on medium high for 3 minutes per side. Lift out.
3In the remaining oil, fry the doubanjiang for 1 minute, then add the garlic and ginger.
4Add the carrot and wood ear and toss 1 minute, then the capsicum and spring onion whites for 1 minute.
5Return the tofu, add the stock, soy sauce and sugar and simmer 3 minutes. Stir in the slurry and toss until glossy. Add the spring onion greens.

Serve it like this

Pile onto a plate with the golden tofu on top and the green capsicum peeking through. Serve with rice.

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