Name: Hongshao Doufu (Red-Cooked Bean Curd Family Style)
Yield: Serves 4 as Part of a Chinese Meal, or 2 as a Single Dish.
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 225 ml/8 fl oz chicken stock; 125 ml/4 fl oz peanut oil; 2 tablespoons rice wine; 1½ tablespoons peanut oil; 450 g/1 lb firm bean curd; 8 whole spring onions; 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce; 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce; 1 teaspoon sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4
as Part of a Chinese Meal, or 2 as a Single Dish.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Taste of China

By Ken Hom

Published 1990

About

Bean curd is ideal for braising as it readily absorbs flavours and colours. Chinese bean curd seems to me to be the best in the world, smooth and satiny in texture and invariably perfectly prepared.

Here is a particularly tasty and easy-to-prepare recipe which I first sampled with my Kaiping (Hoiping) relatives. It was surrounded by many other dishes, but I was immediately impressed by its striking qualities. One of the ingredients, hoisin sauce, added colour and a slightl