Thursday, June 3, 2010

Deep Fried Stuffed Tofu


Ingredients:
1 lb. cube tofu

Filling:
1/3 C ground pork
1/3 C chopped prawns
1 T chopped water chestnuts
1 pc. dried mushroom (soaked and chopped)
1/4 t salt
1 t soy sauce
1 t sesame oil
1 T cornstarch

3 C cooking oil (for deep frying)

1 T oil
1 clove garlic minced
2 dried mushrooms (soaked and sliced)
1/4 t salt
1 T soy sauce or oyster sauce
1 t rice wine
1 C soup stock

3 C sliced bokchoy or pechay
1 green onion chopped
1 t sesame oil
cornstarch for thickening

1. Drain tofu.
2. Combine filling ingredients
4. Cut tofu into 4 equal pcs. Cut each pc. diagonally into triangle. W/ sharp knife, gently remove some of the tofu forming a pocket for stuffing.
5. Deep fry stuffed tofu until light brown. Remove and set aside.
6. Heat 1 T oil and fry garlic for a few sec. then add the sliced mushrooms. Add salt, soy sauce, wine and soup stock.
7. Add stuffed tofu. Cover bring to a boil, reduce temp. and simmer for 5 mins.
8. Turn temp. up to high, add the bokchoy and green onions. Drizzle w/ sesame oil. Thicken sauce w/ cornstarch and water.
9. To serve: Place greens at the bottom and the tofu on top.

Serve with rice

1 comment:

  1. This is a keeper. Jenelle loves this, she'd eat this w/o rice. Unfortunately, tofu is something we can't have all the time. It's a trip going to the Asian store. So whenever we hit that store I'll get a dozen or so and cook them in different ways!

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