Creative Ways to Cook with soft tofu – Recipes You Haven’t Tried

Shake up your routine with these unexpected yet delicious soft tofu recipes — fun, easy, and full of flavour.

Recipes with soft tofu

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Refreshing and tender cold tofu and preserved egg

This dish of tender tofu and preserved egg salad may seem simple, but it has a lot of special "meanings" in it: • A wonderful collision of tastes: tender tofu is as smooth and soft as pudding, with a sweet bean fragrance; the preserved egg is chewy and elastic, the egg yolk is dense and has a special "runny" feeling, and a unique salty fragrance. One soft and one tough, one light and one strong, the combination of a particularly rich taste is the key to many people falling in love with this dish.

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Chinese Cabbage Soup With Vermicelli

This flavourful soup is cooked with salted egg and century egg, giving the rich and special flavour to this recipe!

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Youxian County Fried Pork Neck (Pork Twist)

Youxian dried tofu has a tender and smooth texture, while still being tough. It is chewy and elastic, with a golden surface, full of texture, rich bean aroma, and a mellow taste. ~ This plate of fried meat with dried tofu looks "crazy" when it is placed on the table, like a delicious version of an overturned paint tray! The dried tofu tastes soft and tender with a bean aroma, and the meat slices are burnt and "juicy", a perfect "rice assassin". The rice has to call "big brother" when it sees it, and it is so cool that I can't stop~

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Steamed pork ribs with tofu

Tofu steamed pork ribs is a dish with a relatively balanced nutritional combination. Its benefits are mainly reflected in the following aspects: • Rich in nutrients: Tofu is rich in high-quality plant protein, calcium, iron and other nutrients; pork ribs provide animal protein, fat, vitamins and minerals. The combination of the two can supplement a variety of essential nutrients for the human body. • Easy to digest: Steaming is a relatively gentle cooking method. Tofu and pork ribs are soft and rotten after steaming. They are suitable for people of different ages, especially those with weak digestive function. • Calcium supplementation: Tofu and pork ribs both contain a certain amount of calcium. Calcium is very important for the health of bones and teeth. Regular consumption helps prevent osteoporosis and strengthen the body.

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Tofu Clam Salmon Head Soup

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Steamed Minced Shrimp Tofu

Steamed minced shrimp tofu presents the soft texture of steamed tofu combined with the savory taste of minced shrimp, enriched with the aroma of spring onions and soy sauce, then perfected with a drizzle of hot oil for a warm, appetizing sensation.

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Steamed Egg with Minced Pork

Steamed egg with minced pork is a classic Hong Kong-style home-cooked dish with a tender and delicate taste, combining the fragrance of egg and the deliciousness of pork. The texture of the steamed egg is as soft as tofu and melts in your mouth, while the minced pork brings a rich meaty aroma and a slight chewiness, adding a layer of texture to the whole dish. This dish is simple yet delicious. The steaming process retains the original flavor of the ingredients. Paired with soy sauce and chopped green onions, it highlights the aroma and is mouth-watering. It is very suitable whether it is served with white rice or as a side dish on the family table. It is a warm Hong Kong-style dish full of homely flavor.

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Jade Butterfly Cream

The core taste of "jade butterfly condensed fat" is smooth and delicate, melting in the mouth. 1. The intuitive association of "condensed fat": as soft and tender as solidified animal fat (such as lard and mutton fat), dense and non-granular, it can be melted by a light touch of the tongue, similar to the soft texture of tender tofu or pudding, but more chewy and slightly glutinous like rice products. 2. Combined with the characteristics of rice tofu: retain the fragrance of rice itself, chewing it has the smoothness of rice paste, and because of the moderate thickness of the "butterfly" shape, it brings a light and non-greasy taste, as if holding a piece of "melting" jade fat, sweet and salty tastes can be adapted to this texture description.