Cantonese Smothered Tofu (锅烧豆腐)
  1. Cut your tofu into ~8 pieces per block, then give them a blanch in hot salted water for ~10 minutes.

  2. Pat them dry, coat with egg/flour, deep fry for ~3 minutes.

  3. Reconstitute the shiitake mushroom with cool water for at least ~3 hours or overnight.

  4. Prep the shiitake mushroom, the carrot, the longbean/green bean, and the scallion.

  5. Dust the tofu pieces with AP flour.

  6. Crack an egg, sift in the ½ tbsp AP flour, and mix to ensure no clumps.

  7. Get a pot of oil up to ~175C, coat the tofu in the egg batter, and drop it in the oil.

  8. Fry the tofu for ~3 minutes, flipping halfway through until golden brown.

  9. Make the sauce by frying minced mushroom, carrot, and longbean/green bean for ~1 minute.

  10. Pour in the shiitake mushroom soaking liquid/stock mixture and bring it up to a boil.

  11. Slowly drizzle in your slurry, stirring constantly until thickened.

  12. Shut off the heat, drizzle in the toasted sesame oil.

Course🍽️Main Course

Diets🥕Vegetarian...

CategoryTofu Dish

Cuisine🇨🇳Chinese

Occasions🍲Comfort Food📆Everyday

Season🔁Year-round

DifficultyEasy ⏰ 30m

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