Taiwan

Stinky Tofu

Name: Stinky Tofu
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Taiwan
Ingredients: 400 g Fermented tofu; 150 g Pickled cabbage; some of each Chili sauce & soy sauce; 2 cloves Garlic; some of each Sugar & vinegar; plenty Oil for frying

Fermented, fried tofu from Taiwan

Chou doufu, stinky tofu, is a famous Taiwanese night-market snack of fermented tofu with a pungent smell.

Crisply fried outside and soft within, it is served with pickled cabbage and a sweet-spicy sauce.

Servings3

Time60 min

LevelAdvanced

Ingredients

Fermented tofu400 g
Pickled cabbage150 g
Chili sauce & soy saucesome of each
Garlic2 cloves
Sugar & vinegarsome of each
Oil for fryingplenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Drain the fermented tofu and cube it.
Fry crisp on the outside in hot oil.
Mix chili sauce, soy sauce, sugar and garlic.
Plate the tofu with pickled cabbage.
Serve drizzled with the sweet-spicy sauce.

Make it original

Pickled cabbage and chili sauce for stinky tofu are in the Asia Boutique.

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