Crispy Tofu with Peanut Sauce

炸豆腐配花生酱

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2 to 4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
House of Nanking: Family Recipes from San Francisco's Favorite Chinese Restaurant

By Kathy Fang and Peter Fang

Published 2025

  • About

PETER: Many of my most successful dishes work because of the sauces I create. My famous peanut sauce was originally designed to accompany fried potstickers, but I soon realized it was wonderful with pan-fried buns, onion cakes, and shrimp cakes. I knew it would work with proteins, too. Take salt and pepper tofu, a classic dish you can find at almost every Chinese restaurant. It’s good, but dry, no sauce. Try eating that with steamed white rice, which is also dry. Dry on dry