Homemade Tofu

Homemade Tofu

by Meimeijia's Kitchen

4.7 (1)
Favorite

Difficulty

Normal

Time

15m

Serving

3

Tofu is the little prince of calcium in the vegetarian world. Although the price is cheap, its nutritional value is comparable to fish meat. Since ancient times, tofu has the reputation of plant meat, high protein, high calcium, low calorie, low fat, and texture. Tender, easy to digest and absorb, suitable for all ages, it is the most affordable nutritious dish.

There are many ways to make tofu, frying, deep-frying, roasting, and boiling. They are delicious, but the texture of tofu is soft, and it will crumble into a mess if you are not careful, which makes the novice cooks crazy! The simplest home cooking is actually the most challenging cooking skill. To make tofu beautiful and delicious, you really need some experience! Today, Meimei will teach you a delicious homemade tofu. When frying the tofu, don't put it in the pot directly. Just add one more step. The tofu is browned and tender, and the pieces are quite complete, beautiful and delicious!
Meimei has liked to eat tofu since she was a child, but when she first learned to cook, she was really cried by this little tofu. Either the tofu was fried to black charcoal, or it was broken into a pot of tofu brain, or it was not. Tasty, the tofu that was so obedient in my mother's hands, I don't know why it became a demon king who couldn't handle it anyway.

Since I learned this method, my family has to eat it almost every day. It is cheap and nutritious, and it is also quite good! How can I miss such delicious and simple ingredients!
To make this homemade tofu, we'd better choose soft tofu, which is what you call southern tofu. When you buy tofu, you can look at the slices. The cut noodles of soft tofu are very counterattack, while old tofu has honeycombs and is not so delicate. Some friends said that the tender tofu will be shredded as soon as it is fried. Here again, the method of cooking and the degree of frying are very important. It must be fried until one side is golden and then turned over. Most of the friends who say that the tofu is fried is too fast. , Turn it over before frying. There will also be very detailed pictures and text descriptions in this recipe, so you can master it by looking at it.

Ingredients

Homemade Tofu

1. Rinse the soft tofu slightly, cut two diagonally, and cut into triangular slices. In fact, you can cut it in any shape you like. Meimei likes to cut into triangles because the texture of soft tofu is too soft. It is better to turn it over when cut into triangles. .

Homemade Tofu recipe

2. Prepare the sauce: 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, a little white pepper, half a bowl of clear water, stir well and set aside.

Homemade Tofu recipe

3. Prepare the garnish: slice the millet spicy and cut into circles, chop the chopped green onion and ginger into the ends for later use.

Homemade Tofu recipe

4. Take a flat plate, knock the eggs into the plate, break up, put the tofu in gently, shake the plate, the egg liquid will be evenly covered on the tofu, and both sides will be covered.

Homemade Tofu recipe

5. Heat the wok into the oil, gently put the tofu cubes dipped in the egg liquid into the pan. Don’t rush to turn it over, wait patiently until the bottom is golden and then turn it over. Be sure to fry over a low fire to get the bottom of the tofu. The color is fried into a beautiful browned yellow. If the fire is high, it is easy to fry the bottom black.

Homemade Tofu recipe

6. If there is more tofu, it should be fried in several pots. After the last pot of tofu is put into the pot, pour the remaining egg liquid into the pot together, so don't waste it.

Homemade Tofu recipe

7. When the bottom of the tofu is slightly browned, turn the tofu cubes over and fry them on both sides.

Homemade Tofu recipe

8. After the tofu is fried on both sides until golden brown, take out the tofu cubes and set aside.

Homemade Tofu recipe

9. Leave the bottom oil in the wok, pour in the minced garlic and small red pepper rings, and stir-fry until the aroma is achieved.

Homemade Tofu recipe

10. Pour in the fried tofu cubes and push gently to make the tofu smell like the top of the material.

Homemade Tofu recipe

11. Pour the prepared sauce into the pot and gently push to make the tofu evenly coated with the sauce. Cover the pot and simmer for 8 minutes.

Homemade Tofu recipe

12. After the soup has thickened, sprinkle the chopped green onion and stir-fry twice to start the pot.

Homemade Tofu recipe

Tips:

Soft tofu is the best choice for this homemade tofu. The fried tofu has a soft texture and a smooth taste. However, you need to be careful not to turn it into pieces during the fry. Be sure to wait until the bottom of the tofu is browned before turning it over.
The main seasoning of this dish is oyster sauce and light soy sauce. The saltiness is relatively large, so there is no need to add salt.
When the tofu is soaked in the egg liquid, it is best to choose a flat plate, spread the tofu evenly, shake the plate, the tofu will stick to the egg liquid evenly, do not use chopsticks to turn it, so as not to break the tofu.

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