Braised tofu with shrimp paste

Overview

In mid-January, I went on an 8-day trip around Taiwan with my wife. I took the time to visit a supermarket in Taipei and saw a kind of shrimp paste. It was not a smooth shrimp paste, but the whole bottle of shrimp paste was filled with dried small fish and shrimps. I thought it must be very fresh, so I bought a bottle. It was very good to stew tofu at home.

Tags

• hot dishes
• northern tofu
• water starch
• carrot
• garlic
• shrimp paste

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare raw materials

   

2. 2 Cut the tofu into 1.5cm square pieces.

   

3. 3 Blanch the cut tofu cubes to remove the beany smell.

   

4. 4 Pour oil into the pot, add 2 cloves of garlic and saute until fragrant.

   

5. 5 Pour in the blanched tofu cubes and fry briefly.

   

6. 6 Add shrimp paste and stir-fry.

   

7. 7 Add boiling water and simmer briefly (there is salt in the shrimp paste, so don't add any more salt).

   

8. 8 There is a small amount of soup left, add a little gravy, pour in sesame oil and serve.