Celery Tofu Salad 芹菜拌豆干
This side-dish, made with just two ingredients, whets all our appetite whenever my friend makes it. A side-dish combining the infamous bland tofu and strong-tasting celery; heightened by the aroma and fragrance of toasted sesame oil, spiced up with ground white pepper.
A classic Chinese chilled vegetarian side-dish, typically made from extra-firm tofu and Chinese celery (conveniently replaced with regular celery in this recipe). You might have eaten or seen this dish in which the tofu and celery are prepared in strips. Well, that is perfectly fine especially for chopsticks! However, I am preparing a spoon-friendly dish, so let us start dicing and mincing.
Celery and Tofu Salad - 芹菜拌香干
Ingredients:
4 stalks organic celery, blanched, cooled down, then finely minced/diced
1 block (14oz) super-firm tofu, get rid of excess moisture (option to use Tofu Press ) then finely dice the tofu
1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
Salt and ground white pepper to taste
Directions: In a mixing bowl with minced/diced celery and tofu, add sesame oil, ground white pepper and a little salt, then mix everything thoroughly. Adjust the taste with more sesame oil, pepper and salt if necessary but take note not to overpower by adding too much sesame oil. With sesame oil, a little (by little) goes a long way.
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