Braised Beancurd with Pumpkin Sauce 金瓜豆腐
This is a great way to enjoy a Chinese culinary staple. The soft tender egg beancurd is braised to perfection in a simple, light and flavourful pumpkin sauce. The flavour is great, just perfect served with a bowl of steamed rice.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 rolls Japanese egg beancurd (cut into pieces)
- 50 gram pumpkin (cut into small cubes)
- 100 gram chicken meat (cut into small cubes)
- 50 gram french beans/ snow peas (cut into pieces)
- 1 red chilli (seeded, cut into pieces)
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp pig's lard (optional)
- 1/4 tsp salt (to marinate chicken meat)
- 1/2 egg white (to marinate chicken meat)
- 1/4 tsp cornflour (to marinate chicken meat)
- 100 gram pumpkin (skinned, cut into pieces, steamed, mashed)
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp chicken stock granules
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
First cut the Japanese egg beancurd into pieces. Cut each roll into 6 pieces.
- 2
Cut the fresh pumpkin (40g) into small cubes. Steamed the fresh pumpkin (100g) till cooked and mashed while it's still hot.
- 3
Mix the chicken meat with salt and egg white. Then add in the cornflour. Marinate for at least 30 minutes.
- 4
Cut the french beans into bite size and blanch briefly in hot water, cut fresh red chilli into thick slices and have ready 1 cup water.
- 5
Also have ready sugar, chicken stock granules and salt for seasoning.
- 6
Then heat up oil in wok and saute marinated chicken meat.
- 7
Remove the meat from wok, drain and set aside.
- 8
Then in the same wok, briefly fry the fresh pumpkin cubes.
- 9
Drain and set aside.
- 10
Heat up more oil and deep fry the egg beancurd in the hot oil till golden.
- 11
Remove the fried beancurd, drain and set aside.
- 12
Using a clean wok, heat up a tablespoon oil together with the mashed pumpkin puree.
- 13
Add in water.
- 14
Stir constantly with a ladle and bring to a boil.
- 15
Add in the fried chicken meat and pumpkin cubes.
- 16
Next add in the deep fried beancurd. Mix well
- 17
Then add in the seasoning.
- 18
Lastly add in the red chilli and blanched french beans. Bring it to a simmering boil. You can then stir in pork lard as desired (optional). And we're done!
- 19
Dish up and serve the golden braised beancurd hot.