Salted Egg with Fried Tofu
20 minutes
Salted eggs are a little bit of an unusual ingredient that can be found at Asian shops, they go well with tofu in this traditional Chinese recipe.
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Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 400g firm tofu, cut into 8 pieces and patted dry
- 1 tablespoon garlic salt
- 1/2 tablespoon ground white pepper
- cornflour, as needed
- 5 tablespoons oil
- 30g butter
- 2 tablespoons finely diced garlic
- 2 cooked salted eggs, whites finely diced and yolks mashed
- 1 tablespoon finely diced spring onion
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:20min
- Season the tofu with garlic salt and white pepper. Let sit for 15 minutes then dust in cornflour.
- Heat a large frying pan with 5 tablespoons oil over high heat. Fry the tofu until browned on both sides; about 4-6 minutes. Drain and set aside.
- Heat the same frying pan with butter over medium heat. Saute the garlic until aromatic; 2-3 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Add the egg yolk and stir, turn heat off.
- Gently stir in the tofu and egg whites. Garnish with spring onion and serve.
Ingredients
Cooked salted eggs can be found in Asian speciality shops.
