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Steamed Pork and Tofu Puffs with Shrimp Sauce (蝦醬豆卜蒸梅頭肉)

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Ingredients
  

  • 12 tofu puffs
  • 565 g pork meat (梅頭肉)
  • 100 g vermicelli
  • 2 tbsp shrimp paste
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp cooking wine
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 green onion
  • 1 chili pepper
  • 3 slices ginger
  • 4 cloves of garlic

Instructions
 

  • Wash the pork and cut into thin slices. Mix the pork with shrimp paste, sugar, cooking wine, sesame oil, soy sauce and 2 tbsp of water evenly. Marinade them for about 15 minutes.
  • Wash the tofu puffs with hot water to remove the excess oil from the surface. Squeeze the water from the puffs completely and cut in half for each puff.
  • Cut the vermicelli in portions after washing and immerse them in water until soft
  • Use 2 tbsp oil to fry the minced garlic with a bit of salt on low heat until it turns golden. Put it aside.
  • Cut chili pepper and green onion into the pieces.
  • Wash ginger and cut into strips.
  • Stir fried garlic and vermicelli evenly and add 3 tbsp of water. Put them on the bottom of the dish.
  • Place tofu puffs on top
  • Then put the slices of pork meat, ginger and chili.
  • Steam them for about 15 minutes until pork meat is cooked.
  • After steaming, sprinkle green onion evenly and serve.

Notes

1.Fried garlic and mixed up with vermicelli first in order to let the vermicelli absorb the garlic taste.