CHINESE SPICY TOFU SNACK RECIPES

Steps:

• Preparation materials (1)
• Preparation materials (2): Dice the sharp pepper, mince the garlic cloves, and garnish with some red peppers.
• Take out the tofu, place it on a plate, and cut it for later use.
• Prepare the marinade, a spoonful of vinegar, a spoonful of light soy sauce, a little oyster sauce and a little sesame oil, and set aside.
• Heat the oil, add a pinch of salt, and saute the diced peppers and garlic cloves.
• Pour the marinade and turn off the heat. Make the salt taste even.
• Put the juice out and set aside.
• Spread the chopped green onion on the tofu.
• Pour the marinade on the tofu and leave it for about 20 minutes to make the tofu taste good and ready to eat. The hot and sour is very delicious.

Steps:

• Add a small pinch of salt and ground pepper. Mix well and set aside.
• Cut tofu into square cubes (around 2cms). Bring a large amount of water to a boil and then add a pinch of salt. Slide the tofu in and cook for 1 minute. Move out and drain.
• Get a wok and heat up around 2 tablespoons of oil, fry the minced meat until crispy. Transfer out beef out and leave the oil in. Add another 1 tablespoon of oil.
• Add another 1 tablespoon of vegetable cooking oil and fry doubanjiang for 1 minute over slow fire until the red turns red (bring us a lovely red color dish) and add fermented black beans,  garlic, scallion white, ginger and fermented black beans to cook for 30 seconds until aroma. Optionally  mix pepper flakes in. Pepper flakes should be added at the end because it contains little water and can be burnt easily.  
• Then pour in water or stock. Add light soy sauce, sugar and half of the cooked beef (providing more flavors to the soup) after the broth boils and let it continue simmering for 2-3 minutes. Place the tofu in, simmer for another 6-8 minutes. The longer time of simmering helps the tofu to absorb the flavors.  
• During the process of simmering, mix 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 2.5 tablespoons of water in a small bowl to make water starch. Stir the water starch and then pour half of the mixture to the simmering pot. Back push and wait for around 30 seconds and then pour the other half. You can slightly taste the tofu and add pinch of salt if not salty enough.  Add cooked beef to creates some crispy texture and then drizzle sesame oil. Mix well. 
• Transfer out when almost all the seasonings stick to tofu cubes. Sprinkle Szechuan peppercorn powder (to taste)and chopped garlic greens if using.
• Serve immediately with steamed rice.