China's "tofu" is famous around the world and has a long history. According to legend,"tofu" has a history of more than 2,000 years. According to documentary records, it has been recognized by people since the Western Han Dynasty and gradually gained popularity. However,"tofu" has been published long ago. There is no detailed record of who invented it in the literature, so there is no way to verify it.
"Tofu" is a major contribution of China to mankind. It can supply the protein needed by people's bodies in daily life. "Tofu" is good and cheap, and used to be a good source of nutritional supplements for poor people. "Tofu" is the best high-quality vegetable protein. In a sense, it can replace animal proteins.
There are many places where tofu is produced in China, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong and Northwest China... However, since ancient times, there has been a saying that the south is Anqing and the north is Tai 'an. On the territory of China, the two places echo each other from a distance, one south and one north. The well-known "tofu banquets" are now more famous in Anqing in Anhui and Tai 'an in Shandong. The practices in the two places have their own characteristics.
We can't make a "tofu banquet". Due to the many varieties and the complicated production, we can only make a few selectively. Today, I will use "tofu" to make a simple and delicious vegetarian dish. It is a "crispy tofu meatballs" in Tai 'an, Shandong Province that have been modified according to your own taste with a stir-fried spoon.
Although meatballs are made of tofu, their taste and taste are very tempting. They are no less than big meatballs and are a healthy food. The specific practices are as follows;
Crispy tofu meatballs
Recipe Recommendations
- North tofu 一块700 grams
- diced green onion 20 grams
- ginger 20 grams
- Cooked peanuts 20 grams
- Minced cooked walnuts 30 grams
- eggs 一枚60 grams
- cooking oil appropriate amount
- salt 2 grams
- chicken essence 2 grams
- white pepper 1 grams
- spiced powder 0.5 grams
- sesame oil 3 grams
- salty and fresh
- fried
- ten minutes
- ordinary
Steps for Crispy tofu meatballs

1
Main ingredients: tofu, shredded mushrooms, shredded water chestnuts, shredded coriander, shredded green onion, shredded ginger, shredded cooked peanuts, shredded cooked walnuts, shredded pickles, an egg, salt, chicken essence, white pepper powder, five-spice powder, sesame oil, granular starch, cooking oil.
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Put all ingredients into the bowl.
3
Crush the tofu with a knife.
4
Put the crushed tofu into the cooking basin, add salt, pepper, chicken essence and a little five-spice powder into the cooking basin, and add a little sesame oil and an egg into the cooking basin.
5
Grasp the filling evenly with your hands.
6
Pour the right amount of granular starch into an iron dish.
7
Squeeze the filling into the appropriate size meatballs and place them in a granular starch plate.
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Wrap the meatballs with granular starch and reunite with your hands.
9
Heat the oil pan until it is 3- 40% hot, add the starch-wrapped tofu meatballs, slowly fry over low heat until the oil temperature gradually rises.
10
After the oil pan is slowly heated, the meatballs begin to surface of the oil. After the surface of the meatballs is fried until golden yellow, they can be taken out.
11
Remove it and place it on a platter.