Chinese•healthy
Braised Tofu with Chinese Mushroom
A very addictive braised tofu with sweet basil.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 8 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 box of regular firm tofu
- 3-5 dried shiitake mushroom ( , re-hydrated)
- 2 garlic cloves ( , sliced)
- 1/2 thumb ginger ( , sliced)
- 2 scallions ( , cut into 1 inch pieces)
- 1/4 cup of oil
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tsp. dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp. rock sugar
- 1/2 tbsp. sesame oil
- 1 tsp. black vinegar
- 1 tbsp. oyster sauce
Instructions
- 1
Firstly cut tofu into triangle or square (around 1.5cm thick) and then fry until both sides become golden brown. And then transfer out.
- 2
Heat oil and fry garlic, scallion and ginger pieces over slow fire until aroma.
- 3
And then fry mushroom slices for 2-3 minutes, return fried tofu, add all the seasonings and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Add fresh sweet basil leaves in the last minute.