Hometown Tofu
A home-style dish made with battered tofu strips and crab meat, fried until golden and crispy before being finished with a quick stir-fry. It boasts a delightfully crisp exterior, tender interior, and rich, savory aroma.
Ingredients
Tofu (cut into long strips)
500 g
Crab meat (thaw, blanch in boiling water, remove and drain)
300 g
Scallions (dice the white parts and stir-fry until fragrant, cut the green parts into small pieces and sprinkle in before serving)
2
All-purpose flour
to taste
Cornstarch (for batter)
to taste
Cooking oil
100 g (actual use 40 g)
Oyster sauce
3 tsp
Cooking wine
2 tsp
White pepper powder
a pinch
White sugar
1 tsp
Instructions
1
Prepare tofu and crab meat
Cut tofu into long strips; thaw crab meat, blanch in boiling water, then remove and drain; mix flour, cornstarch, cooking oil and water into a batter, coat the crab meat with a layer of batter, then fry in hot oil until crispy and set aside.
2
Fry the tofu
After removing the crab meat, use the remaining oil to fry the tofu strips until golden, then remove and set aside.
3
Stir-fry
Dice the scallions; first stir-fry the white parts in a small amount of oil until fragrant, then add the fried crab meat, and stir-fry together with the tofu strips, cooking wine, oyster sauce, white sugar, white pepper powder and water starch until evenly combined, then sprinkle with the green scallion parts before serving.
