Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji
Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji

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Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Then this Braised Tofu with Chicken (you can also call it Chicken Tofu Pot) is a dish you want to try and cook for your family. Braised Tofu is an authentic Chinese restaurant dish that you can easily make at home. Using silken tofu, all it takes is a quick deep fry and then a transfer into a hot wok.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook braised tofu with chicken & shimeji using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji:
  1. Prepare 400-500 g Tofu *soft to medium soft type recommended
  2. Prepare 250-300 g Chicken Mince
  3. Get 100-200 g Shimeji OR other Asian mushrooms
  4. Take 1 tablespoon Oil
  5. Prepare 1 small piece Ginger *finely chopped or grated
  6. Get 2 Spring Onion *finely chopped
  7. Prepare <Sauce Ingredients>
  8. Take 1 cup Chicken Stock (or Water 1 cup & Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder 1 teaspoon)
  9. Get 2 tablespoons Sake
  10. Prepare 2 teaspoons Sugar
  11. Make ready 2 teaspoons Oyster Sauce
  12. Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  13. Make ready 1 tablespoon Potato Starch

Let's take a look at how to prepare braised tofu with vegetables and mushrooms in detail. If you like broccoli, try the broccoli with chicken and Chinese broccoli dish on this blog. Cooking oil, garlic, green onion, hot pepper flakes, onion, salt, sesame oil, soy sauce, sugar, toasted sesame seeds, tofu, water. This cooking method for tofu makes it really flavourful and chewy.

Steps to make Braised Tofu with Chicken & Shimeji:
  1. Finely chop up Ginger (you may wish to grate Ginger) and Spring Onion. Tear Shimeji into smaller pieces and cut Tofu into bite-size cubes.
  2. Place all the sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well. This has to be done before you start cooking. Cooking process doesn’t take long at all.
  3. Heat Oil in a large frying pan or a wok, cook Chicken Mince, Shimeji and Ginger breaking up the mince.
  4. Before you add the sauce mixture into the pan, mix it well again. Then pour in the sauce mixture and bring it to boil and let it thicken.
  5. Add Tofu and Spring Onion gently mix and combine.

Surprisingly similar to chicken and sooooo much better than regular cooking methods. The tofu pieces taste best coated with some kind of sauce. You can just coat them with your favourite sauce (like BBQ) and eat straight away or throw. Dubu jorim (braised tofu) is a popular Korean side dish which is typically pan-fried and then braised in a soy sauce-based sauce. You can further cut the slices in half crosswise if you like smaller slices.

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