Beef and tofu soup
Overview
Laba coincides with the severe cold, so I cook a pot of fragrant beef and tofu soup for my family, which is very hot and delicious. The Great Cold is the last of the twenty-four solar terms. When the Great Cold arrives, spring is not far away. Although it is freezing cold at this time, which is the coldest time of the year in most parts of our country, spring is also gestating. Laba Festival is the first new year's festival of the twelfth lunar month. After Laba Festival, people begin to make new year's goods, and the flavor of the new year becomes more and more intense. This year, Laba Festival falls on the same day as the Great Cold. In addition to eating Laba Rice porridge, you can also cook a steaming pot of beef soup for your family. After drinking it, your whole body will feel warm. Compared with Laba porridge, beef soup is simpler and faster to make. It can be prepared in ten minutes. It is very good as breakfast rice or lunch soup. Tofu and beef go very well together. They have a darker color and a lighter taste. Their nutrition can complement each other. If you like, try it too.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Prepare various materials. Beef should be cut or beaten into coarse meat filling. Tofu needs to be pounded into small pieces. The more broken the better, you can put the tofu on the chopping board, smash it with a knife first, and then chop it into pieces for later use. Chop onions and carrots into small pieces and set aside.
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Power on the Colorful Dingdang small electric pot and preheat it, pour a little oil into it and heat it up. Add the diced beef and stir-fry. The diced beef does not need to be marinated in advance, just add it to the pan and stir-fry.
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After the beef changes color, add diced carrots and onions and stir-fry until fragrant. During this period, you can add a little light soy sauce and salt to taste.
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Then add water or bone broth and bring to a boil, add in minced tofu and cook together.
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The bone broth and water here can be used hot, which will save more time. When preparing the ingredients, boil the soup and boil the water. After stir-frying the ingredients here, add them in, and it will be done after a while, saving time and effort. A small electric pot has a suitable capacity of 1.6 liters. It is very convenient to add enough water to make soup for a family of three. You can first stir-fry and then boil the soup in one pot, and finally serve it with the pot on the table.
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After the soup in the pot is boiled, add potato starch water. The soup should not be too thick. Just use the glass gravy we usually call it. This is also the best state of the "soup". All the granular materials will not sink to the bottom, and it will not feel too thick and refreshing when you drink it.
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Then pour the egg drop. For all soups that require egg drop, we pour it after adding the starch water. In this way, the egg drop is tender, smooth and delicious, and the egg drop is broken evenly and looks good.
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Finally, add chopped coriander, add a little salt and mushroom powder to taste, and drizzle a little sesame oil to add fragrance. The fragrant beef and tofu soup is ready. Serve it in the pot, which has a better heat preservation effect.
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This soup looks very inconspicuous, but it is very delicious. My lover who doesn’t usually drink soup also praised it. Another perfect pairing of tofu and beef. Try it now.
