Smoked Tofu Steamed with Black Beans & Chillies

Name: Smoked Tofu Steamed with Black Beans & Chillies
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 250 g (9 oz) smoked tofu; a good pinch of chilli flakes; 2 tablespoons julienned ginger; 1 tablespoon fermented black beans; 1 spring onion (scallion), minced; a few drops of sesame oil; 1 teaspoon caster (superfine) sugar; 3 tablespoons peanut oil; 3 tablespoons light soy sauce; a few drops of chilli oil

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

I love the taste of this smoked tofu. It’s available in Chinatowns and Asian food stores all around the world. One of my favourite Hunan dishes pairs this, thinly sliced, with thinly sliced pork belly, stir-fried with leek and chilli. Now that is a dish worth travelling for.

Ingredients

250 g (9 oz) smoked tofu
a good pinch of chilli flakes

Asia
China
Main course
Side dish
Vegetarian

Method

Cut the tofu into slices about 1 cm (½ inch) thick and place in a heatproof bowl. Sprinkle the chilli flakes, ginger, black beans, oil, soy sauce and the sugar over the top of the tofu. Pl