红烧日本豆腐 (hóngshāo Rìběn dòufu) · red-braised egg tofu

Measure Word

一盘红烧日本豆腐 pán

Meanings

1 red-braised egg tofu

Made with

About the dish

家常菜 Home-style · 热菜 Hot dish

Rounds of egg tofu, a silky cylinder made mostly from egg, fried until golden and braised in a savoury soy sauce, often with mushrooms, green pepper and carrot. Crisp skin, very soft inside. Not soybean tofu.

Usually contains egg

Characters

sun (part of the name Japan)

本

běn

origin (part of the name Japan)

curd (with the previous character, tofu)

Examples

HSK 7-9

红烧日本豆腐外面金黄，里面又滑又嫩。

Hóngshāo Rìběn dòufu wàimian jīnhuáng, lǐmian yòu huá yòu nèn.

Red-braised egg tofu is golden outside and silky and tender inside.

HSK 7-9

日本豆腐很容易碎，做红烧日本豆腐时要先裹一层淀粉再煎。

Rìběn dòufu hěn róngyi suì, zuò hóngshāo Rìběn dòufu shí yào xiān guǒ yì céng diànfěn zài jiān.

Egg tofu breaks easily, so when making red-braised egg tofu, coat it in starch before frying.

Tips

usage

日本豆腐, "Japanese tofu", is egg tofu: a silky cylinder made mainly from eggs and sold in plastic tubes in Chinese supermarkets. It is not ordinary soybean 豆腐.