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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Tomato egg tofu soup is a soup dish that is rustic yet very unique, with a sweet and sour taste that pairs well with rice. The cooking method is simple, yet the result is delicious and appealing; let’s get cooking with TasteVN to prepare this delicious dish for a more flavorful meal!
Ingredients for Tomato Egg Tofu Soup Serves 2
Tomato 1 piece White tofu 2 pieces Chicken egg 1 piece Green onion/cilantro 2 sprigs Chili 1 piece Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (seasoning/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh tomatoes
- Good tomatoes have a firm, shiny, smooth skin, with even bright red color, and when pressed, they have a certain firmness.
- When cutting a tomato in half, if the seeds inside are yellow and the flesh is bright red, it is a ripe and tasty tomato.
- Choose tomatoes that still have fresh green stems firmly attached to the fruit; these are fresh, recently picked tomatoes.
- Additionally, tree-ripened tomatoes will have a characteristic faint aroma, while force-ripened tomatoes will not have any smell.
How to choose good quality chicken eggs
- Fresh chicken eggs have a slightly rough, uneven shell, a dark brown color, and no black spots. In contrast, older chicken eggs have a smooth, shiny shell, a pale color, and many black spots.
- When buying eggs, hold an egg up to your ear and shake it gently. If the egg makes a noise, it has been stored for a long time; conversely, if the egg is silent, it is fresh.
- Additionally, when dropping the egg into a basin of water, fresh eggs will sink, while old or spoiled eggs will float.
How to choose good quality white tofu
- Good white tofu has an off-white color (almost the same color as soybean), a smooth texture, a certain elasticity, and feels light in hand.
- Tasting it reveals the characteristic aroma of soybeans, a creamy flavor, and a soft, smooth texture.
- Avoid purchasing pieces of tofu that are too yellow, feel dry and hard, have a spongy texture, taste bland, and have a faint smell of lime; these are tofu containing gypsum that is not good for health.
How to Make Tomato Egg Tofu Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
Tomatoes bought should have the stems removed, washed clean, and then cut into wedges.
White tofu is rinsed briefly with water, then cut into small square pieces suitable for eating.
Crack the egg into a bowl and use chopsticks to beat the egg evenly.
Remove the stems from the chili and wash it clean. Green onions and coriander should have the roots trimmed and any damaged leaves discarded, then washed with water and drained, and cut the green onions into two parts, with the onion tops going into a mortar with the chili to be mashed, while the green onion leaves are cut finely with the knife along with the coriander.
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Cooking the Soup
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil to the pot and heat over medium flame. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add minced onion and chili to sauté until fragrant, followed by adding tomatoes to stir-fry until cooked.
Once the tomatoes are cooked, fairly soft, and aromatic, add 500 ml of water to the pot, boil over high heat until the water boils, then season the pot with the following mixture of spices: 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and stir well to dissolve the spices completely.
Next, add the eggs to the pot. To make the eggs blend evenly in the soup and look more appealing, add the eggs while gently stirring in a circular motion in one fixed direction. Then, add the tofu, let it boil once more, and adjust the seasoning to taste. Finally, add finely chopped green onions and cilantro, and turn off the stove.
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Final Product
Tomato egg soup with a light sour broth, naturally refreshing, blended with rich, fragrant eggs. This soup is both delicious and visually appealing, making family meals more appetizing.
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