The recipe below for crispy and filled tofu with tomato sauce can be described as a meaty version of the well-known Vietnamese recipe of tofu cooked in tomatoes sauce (or Dau Hu Don thit sot ca Chua).
This version is fantastic and most likely the one I’ve had the most of, but the one you’ll create in this article is so substantial that you won’t need a meal or side dish to accompany it.
To admit it, I haven’t been particularly picky about the tomatoes for this recipe. I favor plum Roma tomatoes due to its dimensions and texture, and the color is always improved by adding tomato paste. The flavor is balanced perfectly when you alter the seasonings, and I’ve never encountered any problems. My favorite time to cook the recipe would be when there are tomatoes that have grown in containers at my back.
Begin by cooking tofu Otherwise, it will crumble within your reach. Tofu can be cooked by yourself, or purchase some already-fried tofu to reduce time. There’s a type of tofu I’ve had pre-fried that’s extremely light and thin. It was like it was more of a fried exterior than actual tofu. It was decent however, it wasn’t as great as the more dense, heavier kind.
For stuffing the tofu with food, simply cut a small slice into the middle and then stuff them with the mixture of pork. Cut it to put in the amount of filling you’d like without making the tofu explode at the edges.
This recipe can easily be doubled as well if you’ve got more people to feed or want to have more leftovers. I prefer topping mine with chile flake and serve it with rice as a breakfast or lunch or even dinner.
An other recipe: Vietnamese Fried Tofu with Tomato Sauce – Dau Sot Ca Chua
Vietnamese Pork-Stuffed Fried Tofu with Tomato Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb (453.6 g) firm tofu block or pre-fried tofu!
- 1 stalk green onion chopped
TOMATO SAUCE
- 5 medium Roma tomatoes quartered
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp fish sauce
- 1/2 c water
- 2 tsp sugar
FILLING
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 lb (226.7 g) ground pork
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp MSG (monosodium glutamate)
- 1/4 c chopped onion
EXTRAS
- oil for deep frying
Instructions
- Dry, cut cook the tofu (or make use of pre-fried tofu)
- Combine the ingredients for the filling , and mix them well. Slice the tofu, then stuff the tofu into the filling.
- Cut the tomatoes and put the tofu stuffed with a mixture of and the rest of the ingredients for tomato sauce in one pot
- Bring the mixture to an unbeatable boil, then lower the heat to simmering at a low temperature for about 10 minutes or until tomatoes have softened as well as the filling for meat has been completely cooked.
- Mix it in mid-way for that it cooks evenly. Add chopped green onions in the final few minutes of cooking to cook and allow it to soften little.
