Description
Cheap Japanese super 'grilled tofu' cut bite-sized, simmered in five-spice soup. Doesn't crumble like firm tofu, the surface grill marks absorb supreme soup.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Grilled tofu
- Quick Lu Zhi (soy
- Mentsuyu
- cola
- five-spice etc.)
- Tube garlic
- Sesame oil
Instructions
- [Authentic & Quick Recipe]
- [Grilled Tofu Oil Removal & Scoring] Place super 'grilled tofu (
- block)' on strainer, briefly pour hot water to drop excess surface oil/odor. Cut into bite-sized cubes (or triangles), score shallow 'crosses' on the grilled surface to ease flavor absorption.
- [Quick Lu Zhi Supplementing Richness] Tofu is bland, so boil slightly strong soup with cola (generous), soy, Mentsuyu (adding richness with Japanese dashi), tube garlic, sesame oil, and 'five-spice' on high.
- [Simmering to Absorb Flavor Like Sponge] Toss cut grilled tofu into boiling soup, simmer slowly on medium '
- mins'. Grilled tofu has less moisture and denser tissue than regular tofu, its strength is being able to simmer firmly without worrying about crumbling.
- [Flavor Setting via Rapid Chill] Turn off heat, plunge pot in ice water (or just remove heat). Tofu contracts the moment temp drops, absorbing star-anise Taiwan soup to the limit internally through the scores.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Sweet five-spice aroma and savory burnt soy smell、焦がした大豆の香ばしい匂い
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Atsuage (more oily, junkier finish)
Pairing
White Rice(top with tofu and shovel down)、Taiwan Beer
Trivia
[For Everyone] #41 'Weight-loss ingredient' (*Last of 41 total including base recipe). Lifehack using easily bought Japanese grilled tofu instead of Taiwan Luwei's hugely popular 'Dougan (pressed tofu)'. Unlike firm tofu, needs no draining/freezing labor, doesn't crumble boiled right after buying; boasts ultimate cost-performance as 'one more dish' for busy dieters.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Top heavily with Taiwan's unique 'sweet chili sauce (Tianla Jiang)' and scallions, mixing hot five-spice soup overflowing from grilled tofu in the mouth while blowing to cool!
Allergen
Soy, Wheat (from soy/Mentsuyu), Sesame