Steamed Bean Curd With Soy Sauce Food

STEAMED BEAN CURD WITH SOY SAUCE

Steps:

• Steam tofu over gentle heat for six to seven minutes to warm the tofu (I always use the rice cooker to steam the tofu while the rice is cooking); remove and set aside.
• Heat oil in a wok, fry ginger, garlic and shallots till crisp and golden.
• Remove but leave the oil in the wok.
• Add the sauce ingredients to the wok and bring to boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until sauce thickens slightly; pour hot sauce over tofu.
• Top with the crisp garlic, ginger and shallots, and finally the garnishing ingredients, serve immediately.

STEAMED BEAN CURD SKIN WITH GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• Wet the sheet of beancurd.
• Fold it 5 or 6 times, then cut it into retangular pieces.
• Place on a heatproof plate.
• Combine ginger, garlic, carrot, soy sauce, oils, sugar, salt and pepper in a small bowl.
• Spoon mixture over beancurd pieces.
• Steam over rapidly boiling water 2 to 3 minutes or until cooked.
• Line a serving plate with blanched Hong Kong kai lan.
• Arrange the steamed beancurd on the green vegetable.
• Garnish and serve.

HUNAN BEAN CURD IN HOT MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Marinate the pork in a mixture of the white wine and 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch for a few minutes.
• Then fry in a hot wok containing the vegetable oil.
• Cook for just a moment, and then add the bean curd cubes.
• Add the hot bean sauce, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, peas, and hot pepper oil or cayenne.
• Stir-fry for about 1 minute.
• Add the chicken broth and optional salt, and stir over high heat until mixture comes to a boil.
• Thicken the sauce with the cornstarch mixture.
• Garnish with the black pepper, scallions, and sesame oil.
• Serve hot.

STUFFED BEAN CURD

Steps:

• For the filling -------------------.
• Add 1 to the minced pork and mix until completely blended and smooth.
• Add in the mushrooms, sweet onions and corn flour and mix well.
• For the beancurds --------------.
• Pat beancurd dry.
• Heat oil in pan.
• Place in the beancurds for deep-frying.
• Remove and drain when skin turns golden.
• Allow beancurd to cool slightly.
• Laterally cut the beancurd to make a slit on the side about more than half its length.
• (Do not slice through) Scoop out the beancurd to form a pocket and fill it with the meat filling.
• Heat 1 tbsp oil in a big saucepan.
• Stir-fry the sweet onion slices until fragrant.
• Add 2 and the beancurds.
• Cover the saucepan and cook over low heat until liquid is reduced to 3/4 cup (about 5-6 mins).
• Add mixture 3 to thicken the gravy.
• Stir well.
• Add the corriander leaves.
• Stir for a while then remove to serve.

BEAN CURD WITH BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Put cornstarch into a cup and slowly add 1/4 cup of the vegetable stock (make sure it is room temperature or cooler) and mix well.
• Add wine, soy sauce and sesame oil.
• Mix well.
• Cut scallion into 1 1/2-inch lengths.
• Heat vegetable oil in a wok over medium heat. When hot, put in ginger and garlic. Stir fry for 10 seconds.
• Put in scallion and broccoli.
• Fry for 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup vegetable stock and the salt. Bring to a simmer.
• Cover and cook over a medium heat for a minute, until broccoli is tender-crisp.
• Remove broccoli with a slotted spoon.
• Turn heat to low and add tofu.
• Let it heat through.
• Add cornstarch mixture.Stir very gently.
• Put broccoli back in wok.
• Serve as soon as the sauce is thick and everything is heated through.