[Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish

[Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish

Overview

I learned from the media that hairtail fish stewed with tofu is one of Benshan Dabu’s favorite dishes. In 2009, Uncle Benshan got seriously ill. After recovering from the illness, he went to the kitchen and personally made this hairtail fish stewed with tofu for everyone to taste. Hairtail is the most common economic fish, but it is stewed with tofu. As a person who grew up by the sea, I have never tasted it. I have never even heard of this cooking method in our small coastal town, so this time I used my own food thinking to make this hairtail stew with beans. Fu, there is no reference material, just relying on the taste of food, which may not be the same as Uncle Benshan’s cooking techniques and taste, but after tasting my own results, I feel very good about myself, so I will also record this innovative hairtail method that I have figured out in my food diary.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Ingredients: 250g hairtail, 200g northern tofu

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 1

  2. Ingredients: onion, ginger, garlic, dried red pepper Seasoning: peppercorns, aniseed, salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar, pepper, cooking wine

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 2

  3. Wash the hairtail and cut it into segments. Cut a knife on both sides of the hairtail segment. Cut the northern tofu into pieces the same size as the hairtail segment

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 3

  4. Add oil to the pan and fry the hairtail segments and tofu pieces separately until the skin turns golden brown

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 4

  5. Fry until the skin turns golden brown and set aside

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 5

  6. Heat oil in the pot, add seasonings and stir-fry until fragrant

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 6

  7. Then add light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sugar in sequence

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 7

  8. Then pour in boiling water

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 8

  9. Put the fried hairtail segments and tofu cubes into the pot and simmer over low heat

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 9

  10. Then add salt and pepper to taste, add cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, then turn to low heat and simmer until the soup thickens and sprinkle in chopped green onion

    [Stewed Hairtail Fish and Tofu]---Uncle Benshan’s specialty dish step 10