How to Cook Steamed Tofu with Fish

Serves: 3

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Ingredients needed to make Steamed Tofu with Fish:

• ½ lb salmon fillet
• 14 oz soft tofu
• 5 dried shiitake mushrooms
• 1 green onion, julienned
• 1 large carrot, cooked
• 2 ginger root slices
• 1 medium fresh bamboo shoot, cooked
• 1 red chili pepper, julienned
• ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth
• Salt to taste

Soy sauce blend:

• ¼ tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• ¼ tsp ground black pepper

Cooking instructions for Steamed Tofu with Fish:

• Slice the tofu into 10 pieces and chop the salmon, bamboo shoot as well as carrot into similar-sized chunks.
• slice the mushrooms into equal halves and set aside.
• Place a tofu chunk onto a plate and top it up with a slice of salmon.
• Place a piece of bamboo shoot over it, which in turn is topped with a slice of carrot and mushroom.
• Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used up and set aside.
• Stir in ½ tsp salt into the chicken broth until well combined and drizzle it all over the piled-up layers.
• Place the plate carefully into a bamboo steamer and put the lid on.
• Place the steamer into a large vessel with simmering water and steam it for about 10 minutes over high heat.
• Meanwhile, drizzle a tbsp of oil into a wok and heat over medium flame until it shimmers.
• Throw in the ginger, green onion as well as green chili and sauté for a minute.
• Place all the ingredients of soy sauce mixture in a small bowl and stir them all together to mix well.
• Pour it into the sautéed mixture and give it a nice stir to coat well.
• Bring the sauce to a boil and remove from heat.
• Drizzle it all over the steamed layers and serve right away.

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