I love simple. Especially when it involves tofu. This month’s Saveur has an article on street snacks of Sichuan, and one of the dishes is called “flower bean curd”. I tried it last weekend, and wow, was it good. Basically you just heat up some soft/silken tofu in hot water, then slap it in a bowl. Over the top you pour some
- soy sauce
- chili oil
- black vinegar
- Sichuan preserved vegetables (I used preserved turnips)
- roasted soy beans (I had peanuts, so used those)
- ground Sichuan pepper corns (really hard to get. I used the Japanese equivalent, called sansho)
- the recipe called for chopped green onions, which would have been good, but I didn’t have any
Enjoy. Very tasty, quick and filling. Since the stuff gets pored over the top, each diner can decide how spicy they want it.