Description
A Taipei Tamsui specialty where a fried tofu pouch is hollowed out, stuffed with seasoned glass noodles, sealed with fish paste, steamed, and topped with a sweet/savory sauce.
Restaurants serving Tamsui A-gei (Stuffed Tofu)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Atsuage(Thick fried tofu)
- Glass noodles
- Minced pork
- Fish paste
- Special sweet/spicy sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- [Filling] Rehydrate glass noodles, stir-fry with minced pork, shallots, soy sauce, and five-spice until flavors soak in.
- Cut the top off square You Doufu (thick fried tofu), hollow out the inside with a spoon to make a 'pouch'.
- Pack the seasoned glass noodles tightly inside the tofu pouch.
- Seal the opening completely with fish paste (white fish kneaded with a little garlic and salt) as a lid.
- Steam for 15-
- mins until the fish paste is cooked and the tofu is fluffy.
- Plate, and pour generously with Taiwan's unique 'pink sweet/savory sauce' (boiled down ketchup, thick soy sauce, sugar, miso) and chili sauce.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Five-spice(in glass noodle seasoning)
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Japanese Abura-age (fried tofu pouch), Store-bought fish paste
Pairing
Fishball Soup(Yu Wan Tang)
Trivia
[For Everyone] A historic B-grade gourmet named after Japanese 'Abura-age', pronounced 'A-gei' in Taiwanese accent. An absolute soul food; it's said you can't leave Tamsui without eating it.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Split the fried tofu in half with chopsticks, and thoroughly coat the overflowing glass noodles in the sweet/spicy pink sauce outside before eating!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat, Pork, Seafood (Fish paste)