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Tofu With Minced Meat

Tofu With Minced Meat recipe. Personally, I am a tofu lover. Be it fried, steamed, braised or soup. I love most of them, although not all. Tofu with minced meat is not new to me. My mum cooks this dish very often. I like to eat it with rice especially with the gravy! It is merely cook with tofu, minced meat and seasoning only but yet very nice.

However, the recipe I am sharing today is different with my mum’s recipe. There are two more ingredients added, salted soya beans (aka dou jiang, 豆酱) and dried fermented black beans (豆豉). These two ingredients are commonly used as seasoning in cooking.

I found this recipe, Tofu with minced meat at Noob Cook while sourcing tofu recipe. It really caught my attention at first sight. After going through the ingredients and cooking instruction I decide to give it a try. I would say this is a very nice dish and I love its unique taste! If you are tofu lover, you should try it too.

Tofu With Minced Meat Recipe

Recipe adapted from Noob Cook

Ingredients:

50 grams minced pork
1 tablespoon cooking oil
3 garlic cloves minced
1 teaspoon taucheo/salted soya beans (aka dou jiang, 豆酱)
1 teaspoon dried fermented black beans rinsed, patted dry & mashed slightly with a fork
cornstarch solution mix 1 tablespoon water with 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
150 grams firm Chinese tofu. Cut into 1 inch cube.

(A) Marinade

1/2 teaspoon light soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sugar
a few dashes white pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon corn starch
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil

(B) Seasoning (mix well in a small cup)

300 ml cup water
1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon sesame oil

Methods:

In a bowl, marinade minced pork with ingredients (A) for about 10 minutes.
Heat up a wok with 3 tablespoons cooking oil.
Add in garlic, taucheo and fermented black beans. Stir fry to fragrant (about 30 seconds).
Add the marinated meat and stir fry until no longer pink, breaking the meat up to smaller bits using the spatula or turner.
Add seasoning (B). Gently add tofu cubes and continue to cook until boil. Simmer over low heat for 3 minutes.
Lastly, thicken with cornstarch solution. Dish out and serve hot with rice.