Sichuan Boiled Tofu Skin

Directions

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   Boiling in Sichuan is a cooking method that’s different from the general boiling in our understanding, which is to cook the ingredients with water or soup.

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   Sichuan boiled dishes are generally fresh ingredients cooked shortly with Pixian Broad Bean paste, chili and other spicy ingredients, then hot water or stock is add to turn it into a red soup.

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   Some fresh ingredients(most typically bean sprouts ) are used as a base of the finished dish.

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   The red soup of dish is poured in a big bowl with the bean sprouts in the bottom, then we top the dish with garlic and chili flakes, and pour some hot oil over to finish off the dish.

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   The most typical Sichuan boiled dishes are Boiled Beef and Boiled Fish, here we use this method to make one of our favourite tofu products- Tofu Skin