Bean Curd Salad

Name: Bean Curd Salad
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 6 cakes bean curd, refreshed; 30–45 ml (2–3 tbsp) peanut or vegetable oil; 10 ml (2 tsp) ginger juice or grated ginger; 30 ml (2 tbsp) thick or dark soy sauce; 2.5 ml (½ tsp) sugar; 25 g (1 oz) dried shrimps, rinsed; 2–3 fresh green or red chillies, deseeded and cut into small rounds (optional); 4 large spring onions, trimmed and cut into tiny rounds; 15–22.5 ml (1–1½ tbsp) sesame oil; 10 ml (2 tsp) chilli hot oil (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Classic Food of China

By Yan-Kit So

Published 1992

About

When We buy bean curd, it is already cooked, even though we must ensure that it is fresh. This easy recipe makes a very palatable bean curd salad, a change from the more common warm bean curd dishes.

Ingredients

6 cakes bean curd, refreshed
25 g (1 oz)

Asia
China
Starter
Spicy

Method

Dice the bean curd cakes into 1 cm (½ in) cubes. Put on to kitchen paper to absorb excess moisture.
Soak the dried shrimps in just sufficient water to cover, about