To make the family meal more delicate and refreshing, changing the taste with two dishes of young jackfruit cooked with red fermented tofu and cooked in coconut milk is unmatched, right? Let’s get cooking and immediately prepare these two delicious dishes, my friend!
1. Young jackfruit cooked with red fermented tofu
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Young jackfruit cooked with red fermented tofu Serves 4 people
Young jackfruit 300 gr (cooked) Straw mushrooms 150 gr Boiled bananas 150 gr Green onions 50 gr Coconut water 100 ml Coconut milk 50 ml Fried tofu 100 gr Red fermented tofu 50 gr Vietnamese balm 20 gr Roasted peanuts 20 gr Cooking oil 100 ml Annatto oil 20 ml Sugar 10 gr Fermented tofu water 20 ml Bird’s eye chili 20 gr Seasoning powder 10 gr Vegetarian seasoning 15 gr
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose delicious straw mushrooms
- Choose round straw mushrooms that are still budding, have a characteristic mushroom smell, and are firm. Avoid those that have fully bloomed.
- Black straw mushrooms are always tastier than white straw mushrooms.
- Avoid choosing straw mushrooms that are moldy, bruised, or have an unusual smell.
How to choose delicious banana sap
- You should choose to buy yellow banana sap because it is tastier than white banana sap with a stickier and sweeter texture.
- To enjoy delicious yellow banana sap, you should select small fruits from small bunches as they will be firmer and have more nectar.
- If you want to ensure quality, you can choose bunches of ripe bananas with many dark spots and bugs to take home and boil yourself. Even though they may not look appealing, they will be very sticky, sweet, and have a lot of nectar, which is a sign of naturally ripened bananas without chemical treatment.
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How to prepare Young Jackfruit Braised with Red Bean Curd
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Prepare the ingredients
After boiling and cooling the young jackfruit, cut it into small pieces that are easy to eat. Peel the banana sap and cut it into slices about 1cm thick.
Cut the ends of the straw mushrooms, soak them in diluted salt for 15 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with 2-3 times of water. After that, cut a cross on the top of the mushrooms.
Clean the shallots and chop them finely. Chop the chili peppers finely. Roast the peanuts and grind them into a powder. Clean the Vietnamese coriander and chop it finely.
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Making red fermented tofu sauce
You add oil to the pot, when the oil is hot, add minced onion and fry until golden. When the onion is golden, continue to add chopped chili, then add 20ml of annatto oil to enhance the color.
You stir the ingredients evenly, then add 50gr of red fermented tofu along with 20ml of fermented tofu water and season with 10gr of sugar and 10gr of seasoning powder.
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Braised jackfruit
When the sauce is well combined, you add young jackfruit, ripe banana, and straw mushrooms and season with 15gr of vegetarian seasoning. Then, you add 100ml of fresh coconut water, cover the pot, and braise the jackfruit on low heat for 15 minutes to allow it to soften and absorb the flavors evenly.
Finally, you add fried tofu along with 50ml of coconut cream to make the dish richer. You mix all the ingredients evenly one more time and then turn off the heat.
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You serve the braised jackfruit on a plate, sprinkle roasted peanuts and Vietnamese coriander on top. Enjoy the soft jackfruit braised with the fermented tofu flavor, combined with the chewy ripe banana, crispy straw mushrooms, and the fragrant aroma of coconut water that is very appetizing.
2. Young jackfruit braised with coconut milk
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Young jackfruit braised with coconut milk Serves 4 people
Young jackfruit 300 gr (cooked) Fried tofu skin 100 gr Taro 200 gr Coconut milk 50 ml Coconut water 150 ml Gac oil 10 ml Vietnamese coriander 10 gr Vietnamese balm 10 gr Bird’s eye chili 10 gr Chopped shallots 10 gr Minced lemongrass 10 gr Vegetarian seasoning 5 gr Sugar 5 gr Soy sauce 20 ml
How to choose good taro
- You should choose round taro bulbs shaped like eggs, with a rough outer skin and many roots.
- Choose fresh bulbs, usually those that still have a lot of soil on the skin.
- Do not choose bulbs that are blackened; if you touch them and feel uneven firmness or they are leaking water, that is a sign of spoilage.
- Avoid choosing bulbs that are too long or too big because you might mistakenly buy elephant foot yam; smaller bulbs are often much sweeter.
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How to make young jackfruit stew with coconut milk
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Preparing ingredients
After boiling the young jackfruit, let it cool and then cut it into bite-sized pieces. Boil the taro until cooked, peel it, and cut it in half. Cut the fried tofu into bite-sized pieces.
Wash the Vietnamese coriander and wild mint, and chop them finely. Wash the chili and smash it.
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Sautéing ingredients
Add oil to the pan, when the oil is hot, add the shallots and lemongrass and sauté until fragrant. When the shallots and lemongrass are golden, add the young jackfruit, taro, and tofu, and sauté for 2 minutes with 10ml of gac oil to enhance the flavor and aroma of the ingredients.
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Stewing jackfruit
When the ingredients are cooked, add 150ml of diluted coconut milk along with 5g of vegetarian seasoning, 5g of sugar powder, 5g of sugar, 20ml of soy sauce, cover, and stew on low heat until the ingredients are soft and flavorful.
After 10 minutes of stewing, the coconut milk has thickened, add 50ml of coconut milk and stir well, and cook for another 3 minutes to complete the dish.
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You serve the braised jackfruit in a bowl, garnish with Vietnamese coriander, basil, and chili to enjoy.
The braised jackfruit is delicious with tender jackfruit, soaked in flavor, fatty taro, and chewy tofu skin with rich coconut milk, you can never have enough with rice.
How to choose fresh and delicious ingredients
How to choose good young jackfruit
- Choose young jackfruit that is straight and not yet spiky. The flesh of the jackfruit should be white, not yellow, and the seeds should still be soft.
- Avoid jackfruit with dark spots on the skin or inside, worms, or a slimy texture. These could be spoiled fruits or those soaked in chemicals.
How to boil young jackfruit without browning
- If you buy pre-boiled jackfruit from the market, you just need to blanch it briefly in boiling water for about 5 – 7 minutes.
- If you buy jackfruit to boil yourself, you should soak the knife in a layer of cooking oil before peeling and removing the core to prevent the sap from sticking to the knife, making it hard to clean. After that, soak the jackfruit in salt water or diluted lemon juice or vinegar to keep it from browning.
- When boiling, use chopsticks to pierce the jackfruit; if it goes through easily, it is cooked. Avoid boiling too long, as this will make the jackfruit chewy when eaten.
- When preparing, you need to remove the large seeds, as they will be very bitter and not tasty.
How to choose good tofu, without gypsum
- Good tofu has an off-white color; if it has a yellowish hue or is yellow, it contains gypsum. The more yellow it is, the more gypsum it has.
- Choose tofu that feels light and soft when held. If it feels heavy, firm, slightly hard, or too square, you should pass on it.
- Pure tofu has a fragrant soybean smell, while tofu containing gypsum will have no smell or a faint lime scent when sniffed.
Coconut milk: You can buy coconut milk at the market or canned varieties sold at large stores and supermarkets. If you want to be more sure, you can buy coconuts and extract the milk at home.
Delicious and appealing, two dishes braised young jackfruit with red soy sauce and coconut milk are easy to make and delicious, making everyone in your family like them. Wishing you success!
*Image and recipe reference from the channel Delicious Dishes Every Day
