Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu

Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu

Overview

There are many ways to eat tofu. I like to fry the tofu until both sides are golden (commonly known as: two sides yellow in my hometown), then add pickled peppers and pork belly and stew it together to make it suitable for rice.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Cut the tofu into slices of even thickness.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 1
  2. Pour rapeseed oil into the pot, heat it up to 70%, add tofu, and fry until both sides are golden brown.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 2
  3. Tofu fried in pure rapeseed oil is more fragrant.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 3
  4. Soak the ginger, pickle the peppers, and chop the garlic and set aside.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 4
  5. Chop garlic sprouts and red pepper and set aside.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 5
  6. Slice the pork belly and season with cooking wine, salt, water and starch; after frying the tofu, add the pork belly and pickled ginger, chili and garlic to the pan and stir-fry until fragrant.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 6
  7. After the pork belly is fragrant, add light soy sauce, boiling water, and salt. Add tofu and simmer for 5 minutes.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 7
  8. Just add starch to thicken and season before serving.

    Pork Belly Braised Pan-Fried Tofu step 8