Chinese Stuffed Tofu

(Last Updated On: August 30, 2021)

Tofu is a great invention of the Chinese. It is rich in plant protein and is a favorite of vegetarians. Stuffed tofu I shared today is a hakka style dish which belongs to Yue cuisine. If you often go to a Cantonese restaurant for dinner, you will find that it is a dish ordered frequently.

Tofu with plant protein and minced pork with animal protein are perfect nutritional combination. Pan-frying firstly, then stewed with sauce, at last served with a bowl of rice, what a satisfying meal!

Ingredients

• 500 gram tofu
• 100 gram chopped pork (Fat pork to lean  pork ratio 2: 8, if you don’t like fat, it is ok to just  use lean)
• 3 tablespoon oil
• 2 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 10 garm ginger, chopped
• 15 gram scallion, chopped
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon shaoxing wine

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 tablespoon corn starch

Instructions

1. Add 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, shaoxing wine, salt, 1/2 chopped scallion, 1/2 chopped ginger, 1/2 chopped garlic, 2 tablespoon water to minced pork, stirring untill mixed well.
2. Use a spoon to dig in each tofu block, fill them with minced pork.
3. Add oil to a flat-bottomed wok, pan-frying both sides untill brown.
4. Add the rest of garlic, ginger, light soy sauce, water.
5. Stewd for a while until sauce is dry.
6. Serve with rice