Easy Stir-Fry with Egg Tofu

Egg tofu is similar to a regular tofu but with whole egg added to give creamy and silky texture. It comes in tube and can be found in Asian grocery stores. My mother usually adds them in stir-fries and Indonesian-style spicy dish with preserved soybean paste called tauco. Traditionally, egg tofu is deep fried to create a crispy-brown skin. However, I improvise the cooking method to pan-fry with little oil. Tofu contains a lot of moisture and deep frying it is one messy business, trust me and you don't want to do that. I pan-fry the egg tofu slices in a non-stick frying pan that has been sprayed with cooking oil. The result? Still the same crisp-brown skin texture.
 
The beauty of a stir-fry is that you can use up whatever left-over vegetables in your fridge and still able to turn them into a beautiful dish with a robust-flavoured sauce. This dish is one of the examples. 









Skill Level: Easy

Serves: 4 to 5 

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups snow peas (about 60 pieces)
• 1 medium sized carrots, sliced 
• 2 packets (245 g each) of egg tofu, sliced into 1 cm thick
• 1 cup cabbage 
• 2 cloves garlic, minced 
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
  

Sauce:

• 1 tbsp oyster flavoured sauce
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 4 dashes of fish sauce (optional)
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) water
• 1/4 tbsp corn starch

METHOD: 

1. In a non-stick frying pan, spray cooking oil evenly. Heat up the pan and once hot, add egg tofu slices and cook for 3 minutes or until golden brown. Gently, flip the egg tofu slices and pan-fry the other side until golden brown as well.Scoop and place on a plate
2. Trim the ends of snow peas and tear cabbage leaves with your hand. Rinse well 
3. In a bowl, combine all sauce ingredients and mix well 
4. Heat up a wok on high heat and add in the cooking oil. Once hot, sauté minced garlic for 30 seconds or until golden yellow
5. Add in sliced carrots, snow peas and cabbage. Stir for 3 or 4 minutes and pour in the sauce
6. Cook for another minute or so or to your preferred texture. Season with salt and black pepper to your taste
7. Add in the pan-fried egg tofu slices and stir gently not to break the tofu
8. Serve with warm rice