Shredded Spice Tofu Baby Bok Choy Sprouts (五香豆腐絲白菜苗, Ng5 Hoeng1 Dau6 Fu6 Si1 Baak6 Coi3 Miu4)

I posted similar recipes using shredded tofu and long baby bok choy sprouts: Shrimp with Shredded Spice Tofu (五香豆腐絲蝦, Ng⁵ Hoeng¹ Dau⁶ Fu⁶ Si¹ Haa¹), which adds seafood, and Baby Bok Choy Sprouts with Shredded Tofu (白菜苗豆腐絲, Baak⁶ Coi³ Miu⁴ Dau⁶ Fu⁶ Si¹), which uses plain shredded tofu.

Long baby bok choy sprouts resemble spinach in form, but retains its crunch when cooked, and are the young long sprouts of the bok choy plant. The long sprouts go well with shredded tofu which is also long in length. I used spiced shredded tofu instead of the white version, which is more common, to give added flavor to the dish. If you can’t find long baby bok choy sprouts (also called long bok choy muy) at your local Asian supermarket, you can substitute baby bok choy (小白菜, siu² baak⁶ coi³). Regular firm tofu, cut into strips, can be substituted for the shredded tofu.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

8 oz.	227 g.	Shredded spice tofu (五香豆腐絲, ng5 hoeng1 dau6 fu6 si1) – 1 package
1 lb.	500 g.	Long baby bok choy sprouts (白菜苗, baak6 coi3 miu4)
½ in.	15 mm.	Knob of ginger (薑, goeng1), crushed in a garlic press
2 cloves	2 cloves	Garlic (蒜, syun3), crushed in a garlic press
		Oil for cooking

 

Sauce Ingredients

2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Soy sauce (豉油, si6 jau4)
1 Tbs.	15 ml.	Hoisin sauce (海鮮醬, hoi2 sin1 zoeng3)
2 Tbs.	30 ml.	Shaoxing rice wine (紹興酒, siu6 hing1 zau2) or dry sherry
½ tsp.	2.5 ml.	Ground white pepper (白胡椒, baak6 wu4 ziu1)
1 tsp.	5 ml.	Sesame oil (麻油, maa4 jau4)
½ Tbs.	7.5 ml.	Corn starch (粟粉, suk1 fan2)
1 Tbs.	15 ml.	Water

 

Equipment

14 in.	35.5 cm.	Wok or pan

Shredded Spice Tofu
(五香豆腐絲, Ng5 Hoeng1 Dau6 Fu6 Si1)



Preparation Instructions

1. Open the shredded spice tofu package and discard any liquid.
2. Wash and cut the ends off the long baby bok choy sprouts. If long baby bok choy sprouts are not available, baby bok choy (小白菜, siu² baak⁶ coi³) can be substituted.
3. Crush the ginger and garlic in a garlic press and put into a small bowl.
4. Prepare and mix the sauce in a small bowl: add the soy sauce, hoisin sauce, Shaoxing rice wine or dry sherry, ground white pepper, and sesame oil. In another small bowl, prepare the corn starch slurry by mixing the corn starch and water together.

Cooking Instructions

1. Heat a wok or pan over high heat and before adding oil. Add the shredded spice tofu to the wok in a single layer on the bottom and brown the outside. Set the shredded spice tofu aside in a bowl.
2. Reheat the wok over high heat before adding oil and then the bowl with the ginger and garlic. Quickly stir fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant before adding more oil and then the baby bok choy sprouts. Add the contents of the bowl with the shredded spice tofu back into the wok and stir fry all the ingredients together.
3. Add the sauce ingredients to the wok and stir fry the ingredients together. If more sauce is desired, add some liquid (stock or water) to the wok. Add the corn starch slurry to thicken the sauce and mix all the ingredients together. Put the cooked ingredients into a serving dish and serve with steamed rice.