Steamed Egg Tofu & Pork
This is Chinese/Singaporean in origin, and sounds very good as I do like egg tofu in soups with pork so this should be perfect. The one ingredient, wolfberries, makes this very Chinese. This is a season as desired recipe, when I make this, I will try and nail down some accurate measurements. I look forward to making and tasting this.
Equipment
- Rice Cooker with Steamer Tray
- Steamer Handles
Ingredients
- 1 tube egg tofu
- ground pork
- soy sauce
- white pepper
- sesame oil
- dried Goji berries, aka Wolfberries
- water, as needed
Instructions
- For the steamer, I use my rice cooker that has a steamer tray. A basic pot with a trivet also works. Steamer handles are recommended to lift plates in and out of the steamer tray or trivet.
- Mix the ground pork with some soy sauce, white pepper, and sesame oil as desired. Set aside.
- Place some goji berries in a bowl of water to soften, set aside.
- Remove the egg tofu from the tube and slice about ½ to ¾ inch thick and place them in a heatproof plate that will fit in your steamer.
- Use a small spoon, scoop up some of the ground pork and shape into a half moon shape, place it flat side down on a slice of tofu. Repeat for the remaining tofu slices.
- Drain the water from the goji berries, place a berry on top of each mound of pork. Extra berries, just scatter those around the tofu.
- Heat the steamer of your choice with 1 inch of water, either a pot with a steamer tray or trivet, or as I will use, a rice cooker with a steamer tray.
- Mix together some water and a splash of soy sauce, pour this into the dish to be steamed, only about ½ as high as the tofu.
- When the water is boiling in your steamer, lift the dish with steamer handles (preferred method) and place in the steamer and cover immediately.
- Steam for 10 to 12 minutes, ensure the pork is cooked through. When the time is up, remove with the steamer handles, use a large spoon and scoop out the tofu to serving plates, 2-3 pieces per serving and serve with rice.
Notes
Low cost per serving.
Variants: 1. Add fresh chopped coriander and or spring onion to the ground pork when mixing. 2. Replace the goji berries with half a shrimp. 3. Replace the ground pork with chopped shrimp/prawn.
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