Tofu and century egg salad. This cold tofu with century egg belongs to that genre. It's a childhood treat that I enjoyed so much growing up. A childhood favorite and a popular diner food, the tofu with century egg salad requires just five ingredients and takes five minutes to make.
Thousand year old egg or century egg isn't actually a thousand years old.
But it sounds pretty exotic doesn't it?
It's actually just a preserved duck egg (that The Thousand Year Egg is popular in Chinese cuisine.
You can Have Tofu and century egg salad using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Tofu and century egg salad
- It's 1 block of soft tofu.
- It's 1-2 pieces of century eggs.
- Lets Go Prepare 3 tbsp of soy sauce.
- Lets Go Prepare 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.
- It's 1 tsp of refine sugar.
- It's of Pork floss.
- It's of Spring onions (optional).
Open the soft tofu and quickly rinse in water, then gently place in a plate. Slice century eggs and put in the top of tofu. Mash the tofu in a bowl with a wooden spoon. Mix tofu well with remaining ingredients.
Tofu and century egg salad step by step
- Open the soft tofu and quickly rinse in water, then gently place in a plate.
- Slice century eggs and put in the top of tofu..
- In a small bowl, mix together soy sauce, oyster sauce and sugar.. Then pour onto the tofu..
- Put pork floss (as many as desired).
- Garnish with chopped spring onions. Enjoy!.
Serve your vegan tofu egg salad just as you would with a regular egg salad. Serve your tofu egg salad on lightly toasted bread with lettuce and a couple of tomato slices for a vegan "egg" salad sandwich or spread on crackers for a casual vegetarian hors d'oeuvres. To serve, again drain off any water exuded from tofu and top it with a layer of century egg mixture followed by a handful of green onions. Cut century eggs into small cubes. Cut tofu into slices and arrange in the center of the plate.