Serves 1
Directions
- 1Start by crumbling and slightly mashing some medium-firm tofu into a bowl.
- 2Add dark soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, Chinese 5 spice powder, sugar, white pepper, and a pinch of MSG to the tofu.
- 3Mix all the ingredients thoroughly until well combined.
- 4Add a little bit of neutral oil to a dry pan and spread the seasoned tofu mixture evenly.
- 5Cook the tofu on medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes.
- 6While the tofu cooks, chop some ginger.
- 7Chop garlic cloves.
- 8Chop the white part of spring onions.
- 9Add the chopped ginger, garlic, and spring onions to the pan with the cooking tofu.
- 10Continue to cook the mixture, stirring occasionally, until the tofu chunks dry out and become meaty.
- 11Boil Chinese noodles in a pot of water.
- 12While the noodles are boiling, prepare the sauce in a separate bowl.
- 13Add sesame paste, chili crisp, sesame oil, light soy sauce, sugar, and black vinegar to the bowl.
- 14Mix the sauce ingredients together.
- 15Add 4-5 tablespoons of the hot noodle water to the sauce to loosen it up and mix again.
- 16Quickly boil broccolini in the same pot with the noodles.
- 17Transfer the cooked noodles to the bowl with the prepared sauce.
- 18Mix the sauce and the noodles together until all the noodles are beautifully coated in the sauce.
- 19Assemble the dish by placing the saucy noodles in a serving bowl.
- 20Add the boiled broccolini to the bowl.
- 21Add a generous amount of the cooked tofu crumbles to the bowl.
- 22Garnish with spring onion greens.
- 23Add crushed peanuts as a garnish.
- 24Finish with a drizzle of chili oil.
Ingredients
- 300 g Tofu crumbles
- 0.5 tbsp Dark soy sauce
- 1 tsp Rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp Chinese 5 spice powder
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp White pepper
- 1 pinch MSG
- 1 tbsp Neutral oil
- 1 stalk Spring onion stalk (white part only)
- 1 tbsp Minced ginger
- 3 cloves Chopped garlic
- 5 tbsp Sesame paste
- 2 tbsp Chilli crisp
- 0.5 tbsp Sesame oil
- 0.5 tbsp Light soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Black vinegar
- 4 tbsp Noodle water
- 150 g Chinese noodles (uncooked weight)
- 4 Broccolini (boiled)
- Spring onion greens
- Crushed peanuts
- Chili oil
Equipment
BowlPanKnifePotSpoonChopsticksTongs
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