These Crispy Stuffed Tofu Puffs are extremely delicious. Stuffed with a delicious filling made of minced meat, fish paste and dried scallops, then deep fried until golden brown and crispy. Great as a finger food, or served in a gravy broth as a main dish.
1tbsp cornstarch solution, 1 tbsp cornstarch + 1 tbsp water
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Instructions
Prepare Tofu Puffs:
Have ready some fresh tofu puffs.
Cut each tofu puff with an insertion using a pair of scissors. Using both hands, turn each tofu puffs skin inside out. Set aside while we prepare the filling.
Prepare Filling for Tofu Puffs:
Have some meat, fish paste and dried scallop to make the filling.
Rehydrate cleaned dried scallops by soaking in water for about 30 minutes , until they softened. Drained and retain the liquid for making the sauce. Using a fork, break the softened scallops into strips.
Next, hand mince the meat. First cut the meat (partial frozen) into thin slices on both sides. Then rotate the meat and dice into small pieces. Lastly, chop to mince the meat and put into a mixing bowl.
Prepare the seasonings to marinate the minced meat.
Place the minced meat, rehydrated scallop strips and fish paste in a large mixing bowl. Add in all the seasonings. Using your hand, stir to combine everything and mix well in one direction.
Mix till the meat mixture comes together in a paste.
Stuffing Tofu Puffs:
Add a teaspoonful of filling and stuff the filling into the tofu puffs. Smoothen the filling with the back of the spoon and press the tofu skin together to make sure the filling is intact in the tofu puffs. Repeat for all the prepared tofu puffs. Then we are ready to deep fry the stuffed tofu puffs.
Deep Fry Stuffed Tofu Puffs:
To deep fry the stuffed tofu puffs, first heat up oil in wok. If the oil is hot enough, a steady stream of bubbles will appear from the submerged end of the chopstick. We can then start to deep fry.
Put in stuffed tofu puffs and fry for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until golden, crunchy and browned at the edges before flipping. Dish out and drain on kitchen paper before serving.
These crispy stuffed fried tofu puffs can be served on its own as a finger food.
Taste great dipped in some sweet chilli sauce as well. So Enjoy!