What is egg tofu
Egg tofu is a type of Chinese food that uses eggs instead of meat or fish. The dish has become very popular in recent years because of its health benefits. What is it exactly?
Egg tofu is made from soy milk, eggs, and other ingredients. It’s usually served cold and eaten as a snack or appetizer.
It’s also known as ‘egg white tofu’, because of its light texture. Egg tofu is often paired with vegetables such as cucumbers, carrots, and bell peppers.
Egg Tofu Recipe
The tofu is smooth and tender, the shrimps are soft and rich in high-quality protein.
Ingredients:
| Japanese tofu | 200g |
| Fresh shrimp | 15 |
| Salt | 2g |
| Cooking wine | 3 teaspoons |
| Haricot vert | 15 pieces |
| Soy sauce | 2 teaspoons |
| Carrot | Half root |
| Starch | 1.5g |
| Water | 3 tablespoons |
How to make egg tofu
1. Prepare all the ingredients.
2. Pick out the shrimp thread, remove the shell, take out the shrimp, put the shrimp in salt and cooking wine and marinate for 5 minutes;
Cut the carrot into thin slices; Cut the egg tofu from the middle into 2 sections, pick up the bottom of the package, and gently put the tofu on Cut into 1 cm thick slices on the chopping board.
3. Prepare a shallow plate. Place Japanese tofu on top of sliced carrots. Place a shrimp on the surface of the tofu, garnish with green beans, and evenly sprinkle with a pinch of salt to taste.
4. The shallow dish with the food is placed on the steaming rack, sent to the lower level. The water box is filled with water, and the egg tofu steamed shrimp program is selected to start cooking for 10 minutes.
5. Take out, pour the steamed water from the dish into a small microwave suitable bowl. Add starch and light soy sauce and stir evenly (if the water is too low, you can add a little cold water), put it into the bottom of the microwave oven , microwave power 1000W heating for 1 minute .
6. While it’s hot, pour the juice over the steamed tofu and shrimp.
Egg Tofu
Ingredients
- 200 g Japanese tofu
- 15 pieces Fresh shrimp
- 2 g Salt
- 3 teaspoons Cooking wine
- 15 pieces Haricot vert
- 2 teaspoons Soy sauce
- Half Carrot
- 1.5 g Starch
- 3 tablespoons Water
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients.
- Pick out the shrimp thread, remove the shell, take out the shrimp, put the shrimp in salt and cooking wine and marinate for 5 minutes;
- Cut the carrot into thin slices; Cut the egg tofu from the middle into 2 sections, pick up the bottom of the package, and gently put the tofu on Cut into 1 cm thick slices on the chopping board.
- Prepare a shallow plate. Place Japanese tofu on top of sliced carrots. Place a shrimp on the surface of the tofu, garnish with green beans, and evenly sprinkle with a pinch of salt to taste.
- The shallow dish with the food is placed on the steaming rack, sent to the lower level. The water box is filled with water, and the egg tofu steamed shrimp program is selected to start cooking for 10 minutes.
- Take out, pour the steamed water from the dish into a small microwave suitable bowl. Add starch and light soy sauce and stir evenly (if the water is too low, you can add a little cold water), put it into the bottom of the microwave oven , microwave power 1000W heating for 1 minute .
- While it's hot, pour the juice over the steamed tofu and shrimp.
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