Yong Tau Foo

Yong Tau Foo

Overview

(Baidu) Yong Tofu, also known as Guangdong Hakka Yong Tofu, is a Cantonese, Cantonese, and Hakka cuisine. It is also one of the most representative dishes of Hakka food culture. The soup of this dish is mellow, tender and smooth, and tastes delicious. It is said that this dish originated from northern dumplings. Because there is less wheat in the south, Hakka people use Yong Tofu to express their feelings for northern dumplings and the culture of the Central Plains. The meat filling can be made with pork and shiitake mushrooms and embedded in tofu.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare all the ingredients and make the filling first.

    Yong Tau Foo step 1
  2. Add onion, ginger, pepper, sesame oil, sesame oil, pepper, soy sauce, etc. to the minced meat and mix well to make a filling that suits your taste. Set aside tofu.

    Yong Tau Foo step 2
  3. Cut the tofu into rectangular pieces as shown (the hard side of the cut tofu faces down and the tender side faces up)

    Yong Tau Foo step 3
  4. Use a small spoon to make a small hole in the middle of each piece of tofu

    Yong Tau Foo step 4
  5. Embed the meat filling into the tofu and smooth it out.

    Yong Tau Foo step 5
  6. Heat the oil and fry the tofu cubes

    Yong Tau Foo step 6
  7. Flip and fry.

    Yong Tau Foo step 7
  8. Chop onion, ginger and garlic

    Yong Tau Foo step 8
  9. When the tofu is golden brown on both sides, add onions, ginger and garlic.

    Yong Tau Foo step 9
  10. Add oyster sauce, salt and water, cover the pot and simmer until the meat filling is cooked. Turn over to let the tofu absorb the flavor from both sides and thicken it. Add pepper and sesame oil and take out.

    Yong Tau Foo step 10
  11. Serve it up

    Yong Tau Foo step 11