Silken tofu is a familiar ingredient that can be used to make many delicious dishes. TasteVN suggests 2 recipes for incredibly tasty and simple silken tofu dishes. Let’s get cooking and try this delicious dish now!
1. Silken tofu in tomato sauce
Preparation
20 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Silken Tofu in Tomato Sauce For 4 people
Silken tofu 600 gr Tomatoes 3 fruits Cilantro 2 sprigs Pepper 1/2 teaspoon Minced chili 1 teaspoon Seasoning powder 1 teaspoon Salt 1 teaspoon Rock sugar 2.5 teaspoons Annatto seeds 1 teaspoon Soy sauce 1 teaspoon Chili powder 1 teaspoon
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- You should choose tomatoes with smooth, shiny skin, plump and juicy with bright red color, and a green stem.
- Avoid choosing fruits that are bruised or have small black spots, or have uneven colors of both green and red.
- If touching them feels too soft or too hard, or if liquid oozes out, you should not buy them as they may be spoiled.
How to prepare Soft Tofu with Tomato Sauce
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Prepare the ingredients
Wash the tomatoes thoroughly with cold water, then cut them into small dice.
For the soft tofu, drain the excess water and cut it into round slices.
Wash the cilantro with water and then chop it finely.
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Make the tomato sauce
Heat 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in a pan along with annatto seeds. When the mixture is hot and fragrant, add the diced tomatoes to the pan and stir well.
Continue adding seasonings including 2.5 teaspoons of rock sugar, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, and 1 teaspoon of chili powder.
Stir well and cook until the mixture thickens, then add the soft tofu. Use chopsticks or a spatula to gently mix the tofu with the tomato sauce.
At this point, you should keep the heat low and stir very gently to avoid breaking or mashing the tofu.
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Completion
Boil the tofu on the stove for about 5 – 10 more minutes, then season it to taste before turning off the heat, place the tofu on a plate, and enjoy right away.
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Final Product
Soft tofu with tomato sauce is a quite attractive dish with an extremely simple preparation method. The soft tofu is both tender and fragrant while retaining its characteristic sweet and fatty flavor. Combined with the rich tomato sauce that is just right in taste, eating it with hot rice will make you forget about your worries during those vegetarian days.
2. Soft tofu with crab meat sauce
Preparation
35 minutes
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients for Soft tofu with crab meat sauce For 2 people
Soft tofu 200 gr Crab meat 50 gr Pork sausage 50 gr Minced lean meat 50 gr Dried shiitake mushrooms 50 gr Finely chopped carrot 1 tablespoon Green onion 1 stalk Onion 1/2 bulb Cilantro 2 stalks Minced garlic 1 tablespoon Minced onion 1 tablespoon Oyster sauce 2 tablespoons Ginger a little (sliced) Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Corn starch 1 tablespoon Common seasonings a little (salt/seasoning powder/sugar…)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose delicious shiitake mushrooms
You can use dried or fresh shiitake mushrooms.
For dried shiitake mushrooms
- For fresh mushrooms, you should buy those with bright colors, a distinct aroma, and avoid choosing mushrooms that are bruised or have a rotten smell. A cut that leaks a milky white substance is a sign of poisonous mushrooms. Avoid mushrooms with dark spots or wrinkles on the cap, and do not choose slimy mushrooms. Fresh mushrooms will have a thin layer of fuzz like paper on them. Choose mushrooms with a firm stem, uniform color; if the mushrooms are open, the gills on the cap should be evenly arranged, beautiful, and dry.
- When choosing fresh shiitake mushrooms, you should select those with moderate caps, tightly closed, and a slightly yellow-brown color. If you see dark brown mushrooms, do not buy them, as they may be poisonous.
For fresh shiitake mushrooms
- You should choose those that are firm, unbroken, bright in color, and without white mold spots. Choose a reputable supplier to buy dried mushrooms to ensure safety.
How to choose fresh crabs
- You can buy crab meat or buy whole crabs to boil and extract the meat yourself.
- When choosing crabs, look for a dull gray shell; press on the crab’s abdomen to feel if it is firm; a larger abdomen indicates more meat.
- Avoid crabs that have claws and a shell that look slightly green; if you press on the abdomen and it feels soft, this type has less meat and is not delicious.
- You should choose a very fresh one, where the abdomen is still firmly attached to the body, and the legs and claws move vigorously and flexibly, with the spines on the claws and shell still sharp.
- If you want to eat crabs with a lot of meat, choose male crabs; if you want to eat crabs with roe, choose female crabs.
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Method of preparing Soft Tofu with Crab Meat Sauce
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Blanch the ingredients
Boil a pot of water and then add the soft tofu to blanch for about 3 – 5 minutes to help the tofu firm up and not fall apart when cutting.
Add a few slices of ginger to the pot of water used for blanching the tofu, and briefly blanch the crab meat in the ginger water. This helps eliminate the fishy smell of the crab meat and makes it firmer.
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Prepare other ingredients
For dried shiitake mushrooms, you need to soak them in warm water for about 30 minutes until they expand before proceeding with preparation.
Cut off the mushroom stems as they are very tough and not tasty. Then cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
Tips for soaking dried shiitake mushrooms to soften quickly and remove sand
- Soak the shiitake mushrooms in water for at least 8 hours or overnight for even expansion.
- After soaking, rinse the mushrooms under clean running water several times to completely remove sand and dirt.
- When soaking, add a bit of salt to help easily remove dust and dirt, while keeping the mushroom stems submerged in the water.
Onion, peel, wash, and then cut into small dice. Chives and coriander wash clean with water then also cut into small pieces.
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Mixing the filling
Prepare a large bowl to add the ground meat, minced meat, crab meat, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, and onions.
Season with 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/3 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/3 teaspoon of pepper, and 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, then mix well to ensure all ingredients absorb the seasoning.
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Shaping the tofu
Cut the tofu into slices about 1 – 1.5cm thick. Use a spoon to scoop out some of the tofu’s interior.
Note- Keep some soft tofu to use for the sauce of the dish.
- Only create a small round hole in the tofu slice to hold the filling. Do not scoop too much or too deep as it will cause the tofu slice to break easily and also not be able to hold the filling.
Then roll the filling into small round balls so that they fit into the tofu pieces from which the interior has been scooped out. Do this until all the ingredients are used up.
Also, remember to set aside some crab meat for the sauce.
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Steaming the tofu
Place a steamer on the stove and bring the water below to a boil. Once the water is boiling, add the shaped tofu into the pot to steam.
Steam the tofu for about 5 – 10 minutes until the filling is cooked. At this point, we take the tofu out and place it on a plate.
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Make the sauce
Place a pan on the stove with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and heat it up. When the oil is hot, add chopped onion and minced garlic, and sauté until fragrant.
Then add the soft tofu (mashed), crab meat, and the water used to steam the tofu on the plate into the pan.
Add 1/2 cup of water, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, and 1 teaspoon of tapioca starch, then stir well to mix the ingredients together. Finally, add a little chopped green onion and cilantro into the sauce, stir well, and turn off the heat.
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Completion
Pour the sauce onto a plate first, then add the tofu on top, decorate according to your preference, and it’s ready to “enjoy”.
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Final product
The dish is delicious and attractive with a beautiful presentation. The sweet taste of crab meat, the rich flavor of pork, and the creamy softness of tofu, combined with the flavorful sauce, truly make it a dish worth trying on rainy, cold days, don’t you think?
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It’s really simple to make steamed dishes from soft tofu that are delicious and nutritious. Let’s get cooking right away!
*Refer to images and recipes from 2 YouTube channels Delicious Every Day and Laughing Hysterically – Food
