【Tianjin】Sour Sand Tofu

Overview

Sour Sauerkraut Tofu is one of the Tianjin Sour Sauerkraut series. The so-called sour sand dishes are sweet and sour dishes with a slightly spicy taste. Vinegar and white sugar are necessary for cooking pickled cabbage, which reflects the unique local cuisine characteristics of Tianjin cuisine, which is mainly salty and fresh, supplemented by sweet and sour, slightly spicy and spicy, mixed cooking, and unique style. Representative works of pickled cabbage mainly include pickled purple crab, pickled whitebait, etc. Sour tofu is one of them. Although this sour sand tofu is not a delicacy from the river and the sea, and it doesn’t sound as fancy as the sour sand dishes using the delicacies from the river and the sea, such as the sour sand purple crab, but it is a very good sour sand dish, especially suitable for the Spring Festival table. The word "fu" in "tofu" has the same sound as "fu", which means good luck in the new year and many other good fortunes. The sweet and sour taste can stimulate the taste buds and enhance the appetite of the family during the festival.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• oil
• red pepper
• starch
• sweet vinegar
• tofu
• white sugar
• salt
• soy sauce

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Wash the tofu

   

2. 2 Cut tofu into pieces

   

3. 3 Blanch the tofu in a pot and drain the water

   

4. 4 Wash the dried peppers and soak them in cold water (the soaked peppers will not burn easily when put into the pot)

   

5. 5 Add salt and sugar to the bowl

   

6. 6 Add sweet vinegar, soy sauce and starch to make sour sauce and set aside

   

7. 7 Coat tofu evenly with dry starch

   

8. 8 Heat the oil in a pan, fry the tofu until golden brown, drain the oil, and put it on a plate

   

9. 9 Heat a separate pan of oil and fry the chili until fragrant

   

10. 10 Pour in the sour sauce and stir-fry until thickened

    

11. 11 Pour the sour sauce over the tofu

    

12. 12 You can enjoy