Egg Tofu with Minced Meat Sauce

This is an easy entry meal!

A perfect main course dish for my family, who loves tofu and minced meat very much .

Yesterday, after I had browsed through the fridge for any left-overs ( my hubby always reminded me not to waste food), I had decided to use up the remainder of egg tofu and chicken fillets in the freezer.

Today’s recipe is Egg tofu with Minced Meat Sauce.

This is a variation of the popularly known “Ma Po Tofu”, a spicy Cantonese tofu dish.

In this tofu dish, I had added in greens peas and carrot cubes for more attractive mix of colors and nutritions.

Actually, I wanted to have minced meat which I missed very much but it is much expensive  than minced chicken.

Why choose fresh meat instead of minced meat

I could had bought a packet of minced chicken, nicely done and convenient but I retreated from purchasing it.

Do you know that most minced chicken or pork sold are expired meats from the market?

That is the reason when you defrost the minced meat, it is very soft alike tofu, could hardly feel any meats in it.

Furthermore, you have to use up all the minced meat once defrost.

If you keep it in the freezer again and defrost again for your next meal, it will turn smelly and taste really odd, unfit for consumption.

How to choose fresh chicken meat

• Hence, I always but fresh chicken fillet on the shelves. Look at the packed and expiry dates.
• The chicken fillets should appear pinkish and firm to touch.
• If it is too soft, beware of the smell. Sniff the chicken fillet just to be sure.
• If it give that awful odor, you can bet that is expired chicken meat.

How to mince chicken meat

• Do not wash the chicken fillet until you want to use it.
• Use a cleaver to mince the chicken, rather than using a food processor.
• Firstly, slice the chicken fillets into long strips.
• Gather them together and cut into short sections.
• Then, use the cleaver to chop the chicken meats into mince meat.
• It takes around 3-5 minutes to chop until the meats tendons are broken and becomes soft.
• Season the minced chicken and chill before cooking time.

Egg Tofu

You can choose egg tofu or silken tofu, whichever that is available.

Egg tofu is a Japanese tofu, where the eggs are beaten, mixed with dashi (flour base of grilles food- used to make miso soup and breads), strained and steamed into tubes.

This egg tofu is light yellowish in color due to the color of egg yolks.

Egg tofu taste better than plain silken tofu and both breaks easily too.

Use the whole tube once open. You can’t leave overnight because it will rot and smell bad like rotten eggs.

Cut the egg tofu in the middle.

Then, squeeze it out from each ends.

Your egg tofu would comes out nicely, no broken pieces.

How to cook Egg Tofu with Minced Meat Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tube egg tofu- cut into thick slices and steam
• 200g minced chicken
• 50g green peas ( from a can )
• 50g carrot-peeled and cubes
• 1 clove garlic- minced
• 1 tsp hot bean paste ( dou ban jiang – Chinese )
• 1 tsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp tomato ketchup
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• water

Cooking steps

1. Heat up 2 tbsp of cooking oil in a frying pan.
2. Stir fry garlic until fragrant.
3. Add in hot bean paste, oyster sauce and fry for a minute under low heat
4. Add in minced chicken meat, followed by all vegetables and the rest of the seasonings.
5. Pour in sufficient water to form a thick sauce.
6. Simmer for 2 minutes
7. Arrange the sliced tofu on a shallow plate, pour over the hot meat sauce over them.
8. Serve with chopped spring onions.

Yield: 3-4 persons

Ready time: 15 minutes

Conclusion: SUPER DELICIOUS !

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