Main ingredients: 200 grams of soybeans, pork (fat and lean), 250 grams of shrimps, 350 grams

Accessory ingredients: Shiitake mushrooms (dried), 10 grams of peas, 5 grams of starch (bava beans), 13 grams

Seasoning: 50 grams of rice wine, 4 grams of soy sauce, 20 grams of white sugar, 25 grams of tomato paste, 25 grams of monosodium glutamate, 2 grams of shallots, 15 grams of lard (refined), 15 grams of sesame oil, 10 grams of soybean oil, 60 grams of appropriate amount of each

< p>How to make mirror box tofu:

1. Grind the soybeans into a slurry and filter with a cloth to remove the residue;

2. Boil the soy milk in a pot and add gypsum powder to precipitate , scoop it into gauze, wrap it in a length of about 1.6 cm, a width of about 1.3 cm, and a thickness of about 8.3 cm, put it into a small wooden box, drain off the water, so it is called small box tofu;

3. Wash the pork, mince it and put it into a bowl, add 25 grams of rice wine and refined salt and mix it into a meat filling;

4. Cut the tofu into 4 pieces, and then cut each piece evenly into 3 rectangular pieces. Small pieces, each piece is about 4.5 cm long, 3 cm wide and 3 cm thick, max. 12 pieces;

5. Place the tofu cubes in a colander and drain off the water;

< p>6. Heat the pot over high heat, ladle in the soybean oil, and when it is 80% hot, slide the tofu into the colander and fry until the tofu has a soft shell on the outside and turns golden brown. Remove it with a colander and drain the oil. ;

7. Use the handle of a spoon to dig out a portion of the soft tofu in the middle of each piece of tofu. The bottom cannot be dug through and the four sides cannot be broken, and then fill it with meat filling;

8. Then A large shrimp is embedded horizontally on top of the meat filling to make a mirror box tofu;

9. Heat the pot over a high fire, scoop in 25 grams of soybean oil, add minced green onions and fry until fragrant. Then add the mushrooms and peas that have been fermented in water. Remove the end of the pot from the fire. Place the raw tofu and shrimps in the mirror box face down neatly into the pot;

10. Then move it to a high heat and add 25 Shaoxing wine. grams, soy sauce, sugar, tomato sauce, 150 ml of pork soup, refined salt, MSG, shake the wok to dissolve the seasonings;

11. After boiling, cover the pot and bring to a low heat. After the meat filling is cooked for about 6 minutes, take off the lid;

12. Put the pot on high heat, shake the pot to thicken the soup, thicken it with water starch, and pour in cooked lard along the edge of the pot , turn the tofu over over the pot, with the shrimp facing up, keeping the block shape intact and arranged neatly, then pour in sesame oil and slide it into the plate.

For more information about mirror box tofu, see Mint.com Food Library/shiwu/jingxiangdoufu