Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, pipa tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Pipa Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pipa Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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 recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have 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
- Get 1/2 lb Shrimp, chopped coursely
- Get 1/2 lb Ground pork
- Make ready 1 Egg
- Make ready 1/4 cup All purpose flour
- Take 1/2 cup Carrots, finely grated
- Take 3 tbsp Spring onions, chopped
- Prepare 3 tbsp Parsley or cilantro, chopped
- Prepare 1 Salt and pepper, to taste
- Take 10 Pcs soaked dried mushrooms, chopped
- Get 1 Soy sauce
- Prepare 1 Oyster sauce
- Prepare 3/4 Sugar and salt to taste
- Get 2 tbsp Corn starch
- Get 2 tbsp Water, to dilute the cornstarch- use for thickening
- Get 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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