# Super Easy Chinese Sizzling Egg Tofu

A yummy zichar style recipe widely known in Singapore as hotplate tofu 铁板豆腐 because it is stir fried separately and then served on a hot plate for the wonderful sizzling effect.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 220 g minced pork
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- a few dashes white pepper
- 2 tubes egg tofu
- some cooking oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 0.5 yellow onion
- 2 pieces Chinese mushrooms
- 1 teaspoon black bean sauce
- 2 teaspoons Chinese spicy fermented soybeans
- 1 teaspoon spicy chilli sauce
- 12 pieces snow peas
- 1 cup water
- 6 pieces prawns
- 0.5 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon Chinese cooking wine
- some cornstarch solution
- 1 egg

## Instructions

1. Marinate the minced pork with oyster sauce, cornflour, and white pepper
2. Deep fry egg tofu until golden brown
3. Heat up a pan, add in some cooking oil and swirl the oil around
4. Add chopped garlic, yellow onion and chinese mushrooms
5. Fry until fragrant
6. Add in black bean sauce, spicy fermented soya beans and spicy chilli paste
7. Mix well
8. Add in the minced meat
9. Add snow peas
10. Add in one cup of water
11. Add prawns
12. Add egg tofu
13. Simmer for 5-8 minutes with the lid on
14. Add half a teaspoon of sugar
15. Add one tablespoon of Chinese cooking wine
16. Thicken gravy with some cornstarch solution
17. Pour in one beaten egg and mix

## Tips

- If you like a little bit more gravy, you can add slightly more water, one and a half cup would be fine too
- If you like drier, then one cup will be good
- Remember to remove the spine from the green peas

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthY_SuR_7w
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/3d4b3562-2b72-40be-abc8-a9294b198103
- Extracted: 2025-05-20

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