Boshan tofu box

By MarquiseBeier

Boshan tofu box
Boshan Tofu Box is a famous dish in the Shandong cuisine department. It is said that after Emperor Qianlong tasted this dish in Boshan, he praised it differently. It was one of the four famous dishes in Boshan (tofu boxes, boiled meatballs, crispy fried spring rolls, and crispy fish pot).

Tofu is cool and sweet in nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians. It contains iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and other trace elements essential to the human body; it also contains sugar, vegetable oil, and rich high-quality protein. It is known as vegetable meat. Tofu contains sterols and stigmasterol, both of which are effective ingredients in suppressing cancer. Tofu has the effects of high protein, low fat, lowering blood pressure and lowering cholesterol. It is a delicious food that is suitable for both raw and cooked, suitable for all ages, healthy and long-lasting.

Recipe Recommendations

  • tofu About a pound and a half
  • meat half a catty
  • tomatoes appropriate amount
  • green garlic sprouts appropriate amount
  • fungus appropriate amount
  • cucumber appropriate amount
  • bamboo shoots appropriate amount
  • vegetable oil About a pound and a half
  • soy sauce appropriate amount
  • water starch appropriate amount
  • sesame oil appropriate amount
  • vinegar appropriate amount
  • cooking wine appropriate amount
  • white sugar appropriate amount
  • salt appropriate amount

Steps for Boshan tofu box

  • Make  step 0
    1
    One piece of tofu (about a pound and a half).
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Half a catty of meat filling (add cooking wine, sugar, and minced green garlic to remove the fishy smell and freshen up.)
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Water-grown sea rice, fungus, bamboo shoots.
  • Make  step 3
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    One tomato and one cucumber.
  • Make  step 4
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    Cut tofu into rectangular pieces (five centimeters long and three centimeters wide).
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Sit on the stove and open fire to add oil (one and a half kilograms).
  • Make  step 6
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    The oil temperature is 60% to 70% hot (about 220 degrees Celsius). Put in the tofu blanks and fry them well (use a colander to turn constantly)
  • Make  step 7
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    Fry until golden brown and remove.
  • Make  step 8
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    Bend two meters of iron wire into a rectangle (according to the width of the tofu)
  • Make  step 9
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    Cut the tofu box along the length without cutting it.
  • Make  step 10
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    The rectangular iron wire is inserted along one end and into the bottom.
  • Make  step 11
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    Drag it to the other end.
  • Make  step 12
    13
    If you lift it up, you will dig the tofu box
  • Make  step 13
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    Use the dug out tofu cores for later use.
  • Make  step 14
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    Chop the tofu heart into mung bean sized fillings.
  • Make  step 15
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    Chop the sea rice and fungus and place the tofu filling together in a container.
  • Make  step 16
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    Leave the base oil in a frying pan, add the onion and ginger meat and stir-fry.
  • Make  step 17
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    Add the tofu stuffing and stir-fry.
  • Make  step 18
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    Add the seasonings and stir well according to your taste.
  • Make  step 19
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    Put the stir-fried stuffing in a container for later use.
  • Make  step 20
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    Fill the fried stuffing into the dug tofu box.
  • Make  step 21
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    After filling the filling, set on a plate, place it in a steamer and steam thoroughly.
  • Make  step 22
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    Cut tomatoes into hob pieces, slice cucumbers, and chop fungus.
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    Put the oil in the pan, add the onions, and chopped ginger and stir-fry to create the fragrance. Add all the ingredients and stir-fry.
  • Make  step 24
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    Add a little soy sauce, vinegar, and steamed sea rice soup. Add water starch to thicken and sprinkle with sesame oil.
  • Make  step 25
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    Add soy sauce, salt, vinegar, and pour in the sea rice soup. Thicker with water starch and drizzle with sesame oil.
  • Make  step 26
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    Pour it into the tofu box and a delicious tofu box is completed.
  • Make  step 27
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    Finished product drawing.
  • Make  step 28
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    Finished product drawing.
  • Make  step 29
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    Finished product drawing.
  • Make  step 30
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    Finished product drawing.
  • Boshan tofu box Make Tips

    Use the leftovers and meat stuffing dug out of the tofu box and add seasonings to process it into stuffing. The meat and vegetables are delicious and delicious without wasting it. Why not do it?