Steamed Shrimp Stuffed Tofu 百花鑲豆腐

What I made this week is called steamed shrimp stuffed tofu. I put its Chinese name under the title because I consider it poetic and suitable. This dish is a genuine Guangdong cuisine. When they give name to a dish there, they like to use the words “百花”, especially refer to the shrimp topped on the dish, presenting pink flower-like color.

The ingredients we need this time are rather easy to prepare: tofu, shrimp, scallion ,and cornflour would be sufficient. The way how to make it is quite easy, too.

1.     Cut the shrimps into very small pieces and mix them thoroughly with salt and olive oil.

2.     Have the tofu sliced and dig a hole to cram the shrimps and apply some cornflour around the hole.

3.     Place the tofu (crammed with shrimps) into a steamer and wait about 3-5 minutes.

4.     Use chopped scallion and soy sauce to make the sauce, and then sprinkle it onto the tofu.

 

Although this dish seems to be very easy to make, I still made a few mistakes in controlling the time. Since the shrimps need more time to be cooked than the tofu but I didn’t notice it, I found that the center part of the shrimp was still raw! So I had no choice but to steam it again.