Crab Meat and Tofu
Crispy batter-fried crab meat and golden tofu strips are tossed in a quick oyster sauce glaze, finished with scallions for a savory, textural contrast.
Story
This dish thrives on the interplay of crisp and tender. The crab meat is blanched, swaddled in a light batter, and fried to a shattering crunch, while the tofu strips turn a deep gold in the same oil. A quick toss in a savory glaze of oyster sauce, a splash of cooking wine, and a pinch of pepper brings everything together, finished with a bright scatter of scallion greens.
Ingredients
Tofu
300 g
Crab meat (thawed, blanched, and drained)
100 g
Scallions (diced)
2 stalks
Flour (mixed into batter)
appropriate amount
Starch (mixed into batter or for thickening)
appropriate amount
Cooking oil (40 g actual consumption)
500 g
Oyster sauce
3 tsp
Cooking wine
2 tsp
Pepper powder
a pinch
White sugar
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Step 1
Cut the tofu into long strips; thaw the crab meat, blanch it in boiling water, then remove and drain; mix the flour, starch, cooking oil, and water together into a batter, coat the crab meat with a layer of the batter, then fry it in hot oil until crispy and remove.
2
Step 2
After removing the crab meat, fry the tofu strips in the remaining oil; remove as soon as they turn golden.
3
Step 3
Cut the scallions into small cubes, first sauté the scallion whites in an appropriate amount of oil, then add the fried crab meat, stir-fry it together with the tofu strips, cooking wine, oyster sauce, sugar, pepper, and water starch until evenly mixed, and finally sprinkle with the scallion greens.
