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Black Bean Sauce Yong Tow Foo - This recipe is so easy to make and only takes less than 30 minutes to make.
I love Yong Tow Foo, or 酿豆腐, a Hakka dish originated from China. Yong Tow Foo literally means “stuffed tofu” but it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a tofu dish.
It’s one of the dishes that I always make at home. Back home in Penang, I would just buy the freshly made yong tow foo at the wet market and then cook them in either bean sauce or in soups.
Here in the United States, I buy the frozen fish paste, and then stuff the fish paste in a variety of vegetables: okras, red chilies, bitter gourds, eggplant, etc.
The end result is always a serving of colorful yong tow foo which is so delicious with steamed white rice.
I never tire of eating yong tow foo.
Previously on Rasa Malaysia, I have shared two recipes: claypot yong tow foo and bean sauce yong tow foo.
Today, I am sharing a new recipe, black bean sauce yong tow foo, which is popular and commonly found at Cantonese dim sum restaurants. Always on my to-eat list whenever I am having dim sum.
Fresh off the dim sum cart, these black bean sauce yong tow foo are always succulent, juicy, fresh, and the black bean sauce adds an earthy note to the dish.
You can always eat them as is, or if you are like me, I love dipping them into a little chili sauce…so yummy.
My recipe is a guideline, but you can be creative and stuff the fish paste into fresh mushrooms, wrapped with tofu skin (yuba), stuffed on green and red bell peppers, etc.
Either way, they are always delicious. Enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 360 calories per serving.
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Black Bean Sauce Yong Tow Foo
Ingredients
- Fish Paste, defrost
- 3 dashes sesame oil
- 3 dashes white pepper
- 5 okras, top stem cut off
- 5 red chilies
- 5 fu puffs
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 garlic, finely minced
- 1 tablespoon fermented black beans, rinsed and coarsely chopped
- 1 scallion, cut into rings
Sauce Mixture:
- 6 tablespoons water
- 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt to taste
- 1 dash white pepper
- 1 dash sesame oil
Instructions
- Add the sesame oil and white pepper to the fish paste, and stir to combine well.
- Clean and rinse the okra and red chilies. Cut a slit in the middle of each okra to create an opening for stuffing with fish paste. For the red chilies, cut a slit down the middle and remove the seeds. Cut the tofu puffs in the middle (without cutting them completely apart). Combine and stir all the ingredients for the Sauce Mixture, and set aside.
- Using a butter knife, stuff the fish paste into the okra, red chilies, and tofu puffs.
- Heat up a skillet and add 1 tablespoon of oil. Once heated, arrange all the yong tow foo in a single layer and lightly pan-fry on both sides until the surface is slightly browned. Transfer the pan-fried yong tow foo to a plate.
- Add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil to the skillet. Add the garlic and stir-fry until aromatic, followed by the fermented black beans. Stir until the black beans become fragrant, then return the yong tow foo to the skillet.
- Add the Sauce Mixture and stir to combine well. Once the sauce thickens and the yong tow foo is nicely coated, add the scallion, then dish out and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Instead of using fish paste as a filling, what are the other options of meat fillings that can be used instead for this recipe?
You can use ground pork, ground pork and shrimp.
Can I ask how much black bean sauce is added, it does not say in sauce recipe. Thanks
I love Yong Tow Foo as well but where to get fish paste in UK?
Looks yummy ! Went out early this morning n got the required ingredients. Will be cooking it for dinner. Am sure it will taste as good as it looks.
Thanks for sharing recipe.:-)
what is fish paste is there another name for it, as I have never heard of it, thank you.
Yes Bee, we would like to know what brand is the frozen fish paste and where we can buy it please.. Thank you!