This is an easy recipe for both children and seniors. I’m neither a senior or a child (debatable),but I still love it. It tastes amazing with rice. This is one of those dishes that makes you eat more rice than normal. Give it a try !
In tradition like last year , we will have many wonderful Chinese New Year recipes coming your way. If you can’t wait check out our last year’s Chinese New Year Recipes 2023!
老少平安 means?
Don’t judge this recipe by its cover. Yes, it’s mushy ,but soooo tasty. 老少平安 is the name of the dish,but also has another meaning. It directly translates to good health and security for the young and old. You heard me so go run to the grocery and get the ingredients for this recipe!
INGREDIENTS:
- 520g Tofu
- 450g fish paste
- 1 egg
- 10 red dates
- 1 green onion
- ⅓ tsp Tangerine peel
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp cornstarch
INSTRUCTIONS:
Rinse tofu and crush them.
Immerse the tangerine peel in water until soft and cut them into pieces.
Wash red dates and cut them into half. Remove away the core. Steam for about 10 minutes. Leave them cool.
Peel off the garlic and grind them.
Whisk the egg.
Wash the green onions and cut them into 2 portions.
Mix up one portion of green onions, garlic, tangerine peel and white pepper with fish paste evenly.
Mix up egg, cornstarch and shredded tofu evenly.
Mix them all together and add 1 tbsp of oil. Mix them again evenly and place them evenly on the dish.
Put the red dates on the top evenly.
Steam for about 10 minutes on high heat and put the portion of green onion on the top. Steam one more minute with a lid . Serve
TIPS
- In order to mix them up evenly, we firstly separate the mixtures between fish paste and tofu and then put them together. Tofu cannot be stirred too long or else it will start to produce water
- Don’t put too much tangerine peel which will result in a bitter taste
- Steaming time for red dates is longer than tofu therefore we have to steam the red dates first for about 10 minutes.
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Steamed Tofu with Fish Paste Recipe (老少平安)
Ingredients
- 520 g tofu
- 450 g fish paste
- 1 egg
- 10 red dates
- 1 green onion
- ⅓ tsp Tangerine peel
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Rinse tofu and crush them.
- Immerse the tangerine peel in water until soft and cut them into pieces.
- Wash red dates and cut them into half. Remove away the core. Steam for about 10 minutes. Leave them cool.
- Peel off the garlic and grind them.
- Whisk the egg.
- Wash the green onions and cut them into 2 portions.
- Mix up one portion of green onions, garlic, tangerine peel and white pepper with fish paste evenly.
- Mix up egg, cornstarch and shredded tofu evenly.
- Mix them all together and add 1 tbsp of oil. Mix them again evenly and place them evenly on the dish.
- Put the red dates on the top evenly.
- Steam for about 10 minutes on high heat and put the portion of green onion on the top. Steam one more minute with a lid . Serve
