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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Chives Soup with Minced Tofu For 1 person
Chives 100 gr Tofu 1 piece Minced meat 150 gr Shallots 3 bulbs Fish sauce 1 teaspoon Seasoning powder 1/2 teaspoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (Salt/ MSG/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good tofu
- Good tofu usually has an off-white color and a fragrant smell with the characteristic creamy taste of soybeans. When held lightly, it feels elastic, smooth, and not dry or hard.
- Avoid choosing tofu pieces that are yellow or slightly yellowish as they may contain gypsum or have been stored for too long.
- Additionally, pieces of tofu that have a slight lime smell, taste bland, dry, or spongy may contain impurities and should not be purchased.
- To ensure that the tofu is good and safe, you can make tofu at home following the recipe shared by TasteVN.
How to choose fresh, delicious chives
- To make the dish more delicious, you should buy young chives that are bright green, crispy, and very easy to break if pinched by hand.
- Avoid buying old chives that have turned dark green, yellow, and are bruised, as they tend to be tough and lack the nutrients found in young chives.
How to prepare Chive and minced meat tofu soup
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Prepare the ingredients
First, wash the chives thoroughly to remove dirt, then use a knife to cut them into short pieces about 3cm long.
Wash the tofu, then cut it into equal-sized cubes that are easy to eat.
Peel the shallots, wash them clean, and then finely chop them.
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Cooking the soup
Once the ingredients are prepared, you place a pot on the stove, then add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and minced shallots to sauté until fragrant.
After the shallots are sautéed and release their aroma, you add 150g of minced meat and stir-fry over medium heat, seasoning with 1 teaspoon of fish sauce and 1/3 teaspoon of ground pepper. When the meat is cooked, you pour in 1 bowl of water to boil.
When the water boils, you add the chives and stir briefly, then continue to add the previously cut tofu.
You cook until the soup boils for the second time, then add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder to finish. You can adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste.
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Final Product
The chive soup with minced meat and tofu has a characteristic light fragrance of chives combined with the creaminess of tofu, and the minced meat is soft and flavorful, making the meal more delicious.
On hot summer days, enjoying a bowl of cool, delicious soup like this is simply wonderful.
In less than 15 minutes, you can have a bowl of chives soup with minced tofu and meat that is delicious and nutritious to treat your family. Wishing you success in the kitchen with the recipe shared by TasteVN!
