Tofu with Salted Egg Recipe – Spicy Crispy ‘Healthy’ Perfection

Tofu with Salted Egg Recipe is a delightful savory 20 minute or less. Silky fried tofu coated in a richly flavored delectable yellow egg yolk sauce with hints of spice. A dish that’ll hit all the right spots. Serve this dish as an appetizer, snack to pair with beer, or over rice to turn into a full meal.

A quick affordable dish made of fried seasoned tofu tossed in a golden butter-garlic and salted egg sauce.

Ingredients :

• Tofu – the main ‘meat’ of this recipe, full of protein and has a neutral flavor making it a great choice for this recipe!
• Salt & Pepper – helps add flavor for the tofu and sauce.
• All purpose flour – helps crisp up the tofu.
• Butter – to give the sauce it’s rich slightly smooth texture.
• Garlic – a lot of it!
• Salted egg – has a rich savory buttery-like saltiness. This will give the dish it’s vibrant yellow color.
• Coconut milk – this will be the base of the dish, has a creamy texture and aromatic plus nutty taste.
• Black pepper – to taste
• Sugar – to help elevate the flavors.
• Oyster sauce – adds a savory-umami flavor.
• Red chillies – to give the dish an extra kick of spice.
• Kangkong leaves – for color and fiber.
• Oil – for frying

Tofu with Salted Egg Recipe

Ingredients :

• 500 grams tofu ( chopped to blocks )
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• All purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 6 cloves garlic
• 3 pieces salted egg ( minced )
• ½ cup coconut milk
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• Red chillies ( optional )
• Kangkong leaves
• Oil for frying

Steps :

1. In a bowl, season the tofu with a teaspoon of salt and pepper, with enough all purpose flour to cover the tofu. Mix well and set aside.

2. In a pan with some oil. Deep fry the tofu until it turns light brown. Take out and set aside.

3. In another pan, melt butter then saute the garlic until aromatic. Mix in the salted egg. Pour in the coconut milk, cook at low heat until the sauce thickens.

4. Add in black pepper to taste, sugar, oyster sauce, and red chillies. Mix for a few minutes until it looks even creamier and thicker. Toss in the tofu until it’s well coated in the sauce.

5. You can also saute in kangkong leaves for a few seconds, just until the leaves wilt. Serve with a side of rice and enjoy !

What is a Salted Egg?

Salted egg is a preserved delicacy typically made by soaking a duck egg or chicken egg in a salted brine or salted mud brine mixture for several weeks ( around 20 to 45 days, depending on the household or area it might even take a month or so ). This technique imparts the salty briny flavor to raw egg, makes the yolk slightly oil, and actually cooks to solidify the egg. The egg white turns a bit dull in color with an almost gelatin consistency, it also has a sharp salty taste. While the egg yolk turns a bit more gritty and golden orange in color, some even turn a reddish orange the longer it’s been brined. 

Often used in East Asian countries to make dishes like; mooncakes, custard egg buns, stir-fry like salted chicken wings or salted egg tofu, sprinkled over traditional dishes as a topper, over noodles, even added in some savory pastries, desserts and more. This interesting

In the Philippines, “Salted Eggs” are called “Itlog na Maalat” or “Itlog na Pula” ( which literally translates to ‘Red Eggs’ ). The duck egg shells are often dyed a deep vibrant red-purple, brined for 4 to 5 weeks depending on the temperature, eaten as is with a side of slated tomatoes and rice, added into salads, as a filling for siopao, or as a topping over bibingka or puto ( different traditional Filipino rice cakes ). You can find these often made by home by some hourselds or a the dry or wet market, and even in some grocery stores.

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Questions

• Different ways of cooking

Want to make the dish a bit more healthy? Skip the seasoning and frying. Steam the chopped tofu instead to make a “Steam Tofu with Salted Egg Recipe”. Though because it is not fried you might notice that the tofu will easily crumble, so toss these around gently. You can also replace hard tofu with soft tofu ( or silken tofu ) to really skip the frying or steaming as these are already fully cooked and can be consumed as is. Prepare the sauce add in the silken or soft tofu and you’re done!

• What to Pair this with ?

Pair this dish with freshly cooked white rice, garlic rice, roasted or baked potatoes, even fries on the side. If you really want a quick asian twist, toss some softened rice noodles into the sauce while you toss in the tofu to let the noodles sip up all that deliciously eggy goodness.

Tofu with Salted Egg Resipi ( Tagalog ) :

Mga Sangkap :

• 500 gramo tokwa ( hiniwa ng pa-bloke )
• 1 kutsaritang asin
• 1 kutsaritang paminta
• Harina
• 3 kutsarang mantikilya
• 6 butil ng bawang
• 3 piraso salted egg ( tinadtad )
• ½ tasa coconut milk
• Paminta panlasa
• 1 kutsaritang asukal
• 2 kutsarang oyster sauce
• Pulang sili ( opsyonal )
• Dahon ng Kangkong
• Mantika panprito

Paano Lutuin :

1. Sa mangkok, haluin ang tokwa kasama ng isang kutsara ng asin, paminta, at harina para matakpan ang mga tokwa. Itabi.
2. Sa kawali na may mainit na mantika, I-deep fry ang tokwa hanggang mag kayumanggi. Tanggalin sa kawali at itabi.
3. Sa ibang kawali, tunawin ang mantikilya at lutuin ang bawang hanggang bumango. Haluan ng salted egg. Ibuhos dito ang coconut milk, lutuin sa mababang init hanggang kumapal ang sarsa.
4. Haluan ng paminta panlasa, asukal, oyster sauce, at mga pulang sili. Haluin ng ilang minuto hanggang mas kumapal at mukhang creamy ang sarsa. I-toss ang tokwa dito hanggang matakpan ng sarsa.
5. Pwede din haluan ng dahon ng kangkong. Lutuin ng ilang segundo o hanggang lumanta ang mga dahon. Iserve kasama ng kanin at i-enjoy !