Prawn & Fish Paste Tofu
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- Prep time
- --
- Cook time
- Not listed
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 tbsp hot water/low-sodium chicken stock
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (if using chicken stock adjust soy accordingly)
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 3/4 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 1/2 cup fish paste (got mine from NTUC)
- 8 prawns (cleaned and shells removed)
- 1 pack egg tofu (cut into 3/4 inch rounds (8 pieces))
- 1-2 tbsp grated carrot
- 1/2 tbsp chopped spring onion
- 8 peas
- Chopped parsley for garnish
Instructions
- 1
Sauce
- 2
Mix all the ingredients together and set aside, make sure sugar is dissolved.
- 3
Tofu
- 4
Get your steamer going on high.
- 5
Mix fish paste, carrot, and spring onion together until combined.
- 6
Place tofu on heat proof dish.
- 7
Scoop about 1 tbsp of fish paste on each tofu. *
- 8
Place prawn on each tofu and garnish with pea.
- 9
Steam on high for 6 mins.
- 10
Meanwhile prepare your sauce, recipe below.
- 11
When tofu is done, drain the liquid in the dish. It may be difficult to pour out, I used a paper towel to absorb all the liquid.
- 12
Then pour sauce over tofu, and garnish with chopped parsley.