Pig Blood Curd with Chinese Chives
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Today I am going to share "Pig Blood Curd with Chinese Chives"
This pack of Chinese chives is bought from a Chinese supermarket
225 grams
Costs £ 3.5
This pack of pig blood curd weighed 450 grams
Is bought at £ 4
The seasonings are
Chu Hou paste
Chili bean sauce
Oyster sauce
Sacha sauce
As well as moderate amount of ginger
Garlic cloves
And shallots
I will use a bit more of garlic and shallots
Add in a bit of salt to the water
Soak the pig blood curd in the light brine for 30 minutes
Blanch the pig blood curd
Put the pig blood curd into the cool water
Add in ginger slices
1 tablespoon of Shaoxing wine
Turn to low heat and simmer for 1 minutes after the water has boiled
Wash and drain the pig blood curd
Chop the shallots
Chop the garlic cloves
Chop the ginger
Sauté the chopped ginger
Minced garlic
Minced shallots
Sauté them till fragrance is out and turn to low heat
Fry the sauce
1 tablespoon chili bean paste
1 tablespoon Sacha sauce
1 tablespoon Chu Hou sauce
Stir-fry the sauce to have fragrance
This is 500 ml chicken broth
Pour in the chicken broth
Add in 1 teaspoon of sugar
A bit of white pepper powder
1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce
Taste it
The Chu Hou paste
Sacha sauce and chili bean sauce have salty taste
Add in a bit of light soy sauce if it less salty
Add in the pig blood curd
Simmer for 2 minutes at low heat after boiled
It has simmered for 2 minutes
Turn off the heat
Rest the pig blood curd for 1 hour with lid on if time allows
Rest for 30 minutes if time is not allowed
This let the pig blood curd absorb the taste
About 100 grams of this Chinese chives are used in this dish
It has rested for 30 minutes
Re-boil the pig blood curd at low heat
Stir-fry the Chinese chives
Chinese chives not needed to be fully cooked
Add in a bit of Shaoxing wine
Fry the Chinese chives to nearly cooked
This pig blood curd has re-boiled
Turn off the heat to serve
Let me taste it
It's very tender
Though it is rested for only half an hour
It is also very tasty