SAWCLicious: TauKwa with Minced Pork & Shrimps

I was out on an Asian store one weekend and saw TauKwa... I was so surprised to see it! TauKwa is a dried/fried tofu. The word TauKwa comes from the Chinese dialect (Fookien) that I am fluent of. I quickly grabbed one of it and called my mom to ask her how she cooks my favorite tau kwa home-made dish. So here is sharing a family recipe.

TauKwa with Minced Pork & Shrimps

SAWCLicious: Fried Tofu with XO Sauce

A simple recipe that I enjoy eating as an appetizer or snacks. I do have to warn you that not all people loves the taste of XO sauce as the taste is very Chinese. 

Fried Tofu with XO Sauce

SAWCLicious: Stir-fried tofu with vegetables

I really don't know how I should call this dish. This is one of my invented dish with my imagination of what I think can work together. I normally would have broccoli in my fridge as I eat it almost every day. Then, I was talking to my friend (Pia) who was going to have dinner at my place when she mentioned that she misses young corn and wants to eat it. Automatically, I thought of putting tofu, young corn, and broccoli together and it turned out to be a good dish. So, I'm sharing the recipe after I have recreated it again yesterday night.

Stir-fried Tofu with Vegetables

                         

SAWCLicious: Mapo Dofu/Tofu

Last weekend, I went to Dusseldorf with Hungry Trotter Couple to simply eat ramen. Yes, I was motivated  to drive 2 hours for a good ramen. (Blog post to come about the food!) Anyway, going back, before I left Dusseldorf, I went to this Japanese Restaurant named Na Ni Wa. I was sitting at the bar and looking at the Japanese Chefs cooking and saw them preparing mapo dofu. It made me drool and crave for it. I was just too full to order more food. So, I decided to take some notes and I tried it out. It turned out to be really really delish!

For those of you who do not know, according to Wikipedia, "Mapo doufu, or mapo tofu, is a popular Chinese dish from the Sichuan (Szechuan) province. It is a combination of tofu (bean curd) set in a spicy chili- and bean-based sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, and often cooked with minced meat, usually pork or beef. Variations exist with other ingredients such as water chestnuts, onions, other vegetables, or Judae's Ear (aka Jelly Ear, a mushroom)."


Mapo Dofu/Tofu!