Cooking tips: How to make delicious braised tofu with quail eggs from 3 simple ingredients
Cooking tip: Braised tofu with quail eggs and enoki mushrooms is a delicious, easy-to-cook, flavorful dish that goes well with rice. The ingredients are cheap and nutritious for family meals.
Delicious meal from unexpected combination
Cooking every day is not only about preparing food, but also about being creative in combining ingredients. Sometimes, with just three familiar ingredients, we can still create a dish that is both unique and extremely "rice-consuming". That is bean curd braised with quail eggs and enoki mushrooms - a simple but attractive dish.
Dried tofu is rich in protein and soft and fragrant when cooked. Quail eggs are nutritious, fatty and easy to eat. Enoki mushrooms have a natural sweet taste, enhancing the flavor of braised dishes.
Ingredients to prepare
- Dried tofu skin: sufficient amount, soaked to expand
- 20 quail eggs
- 1 box of enoki mushrooms
- ¼ green bell pepper, ¼ red bell pepper
- 2 green onions, 3 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
- Spices, cooking oil, 1.5 tablespoons tapioca starch
How to make braised bean curd with quail eggs
Step 1 – Soak the tofu skin:
Break into small pieces, soak for at least 3 hours (best overnight in the refrigerator), squeeze dry, cut into bite-sized pieces.
Step 2 – Prepare ingredients:
Cut off the mushroom stems and wash. Cut the bell peppers into bite-sized pieces. Mince the garlic and cut the green onions into separate stems and leaves.
Step 3 – Prepare quail eggs:
Boil, peel, marinate quickly with dark soy sauce. Fry until golden brown then remove and drain.
Step 4 – Stir-fry and braise:
Saute onion and garlic, add tofu skin and mushrooms, stir-fry quickly, add soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce. Next, add quail eggs, add enough boiling water, and simmer to absorb the spices.
Step 5 – Finishing:
Add bell peppers and stir quickly. Sprinkle in diluted tapioca starch to thicken the sauce and coat evenly. Sprinkle with green onions before turning off the heat.
Finished product
Golden brown bean curd braised with quail eggs, fragrant and rich, the rich flavor blends with sweet mushrooms and rich sauce. It's hard to resist eating it with hot rice in the chilly autumn weather.
Simple, easy to make but full of creativity. This will definitely be an “addictive” dish in your family meals.
