How To Cook Hot Plate Egg Tofu Beancurd

 

Ingredients

• 160 grams or 1 tube egg tofu, cut into equal discs
• Oil for deep frying

Gravy 

• 1 onion or shallot, sliced
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 100 grams minced beef
• 5 prawns, peeled
• 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 1 cup of water or chicken stock
• 5 baby corn
• 1/2 a carrot, sliced
• a handful of baby bok choy
• cornstarch slurry (1 tablespoon cornstach + 3 tablespoons water 
  
  
  
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper

Hotplate 

• 2 eggs, beaten

Instructions

1. Cut the egg tofu tube in half. Gently squeeze out the tofu. Slice the egg tofu into equal discs and lightly blot on paper towels to remove excess moisture. 
2. Fill a pan with enough oil to deep fry the egg tofu discs. Allow it to get hot over medium-high heat. Lower the egg tofu gently into the oil and fry untill golden brown.
   
   
   
3. Remove and drain it on paper towels. 

   

   

Making the gravy

1. While the egg tofu is deep frying, make the gravy. Add the oil to the wok or pan.
2. Once it is hot, add onion, garlic, ginger and stir fry it till fragrant.
3. Add minced beef next and saute it untill 80% done. 
   
   
   
4. Add the prawns next. 

   

   
   
5. Add oyster sauce, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and stir to combine it together. 

   

   
   
6. Once fragrant, add the chicken stock or water next. Stir to incorporate.

   

   
   
7. Add the carrots and baby corn. Allow the mixture to come to a boil. 

   

   
   
8. Once the sauce is boiling, add in bok choy. 

   

   
   
9. Stir in cornstarch untill it thickens to a gravy. 

   

   
   
10. Add final touch of sesame oil and white ground pepper. Gravy is done. 

    

Hotplate Assemble

1. In a cast iron pan or skillet, add oil and allow it to get hot.
2. Once hot, add in the beaten eggs and allow it to coat the base of the skillet. Swirl the pan so that the egg lifts into the sides of it. 
   
   
   
3. Once the bottom is set, and still runny, top it with the fried egg tofu. Pour the gravy over it. 

   

   
   
4. Take it off the heat and serve it immediately. Residual heat will continue to cook the egg and heat up the dish.