Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, pipa tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Pipa Tofu is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pipa Tofu is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
What to love about pipa tofu. Pipa tofu is made with a mixture of tofu, shrimp, meat, seasonings processed into a paste-like consistency and then shaped into pipa and then steamed. Pipa tofu is one of the major delicacies for the region.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pipa tofu using 16 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pipa Tofu:
- Get 1 lb Tofu,mashed
- Make ready 1/2 lb Shrimp, chopped coursely
- Take 1/2 lb Ground pork
- Prepare 1 Egg
- Make ready 1/4 cup All purpose flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup Carrots, finely grated
- Prepare 3 tbsp Spring onions, chopped
- Make ready 3 tbsp Parsley or cilantro, chopped
- Take 1 Salt and pepper, to taste
- Prepare 10 Pcs soaked dried mushrooms, chopped
- Make ready 1 Soy sauce
- Take 1 Oyster sauce
- Take 3/4 Sugar and salt to taste
- Get 2 tbsp Corn starch
- Get 2 tbsp Water, to dilute the cornstarch- use for thickening
- Take 2 cup Water or stock
Pipa tofu is named after the pipa's shape, but in reality I think the tofu ends up taking on an oval shape as it gets fried. Look at how classy this tofu recipe turned out. Doesn't it look perfect for your Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner? Although we used silken tofu in this video.
Steps to make Pipa Tofu:
- In a large bowl, mix the ground pork, chopped shrimps, chopped mushrooms and mashed tofu.. Add one beaten egg, flour, salt and pepper.. Add the vegetables and mix well..
- Form into balls or spoon shaped (oblong) and deep fry until golden brown. Set aside..
- To make the sauce, in a small sauce pan- bring water, soy sauce, oyster sauce to boil.. Season with sugar, salt and then thicken with diluted starch.. Add the fried tofu to the sauce, garnish with cilantro and serve hot..
Tofu is categorized by texture, or consistency. Tofu is categorized as silken, regular, firm, extra-firm and super-firm. Tofu - silken tofu will not work for this dish as it will literally fall apart as you stir it while cooking. This dish is traditionally made with. Mapo tofu is a famous Sichuan tofu dish that has plenty of mala, the signature numbing spiciness of good Sichuan food.
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