Ingredients

  • Yuba 100g
  • Garlic 2 cloves
  • Extremely fresh soy sauce 15g
  • Salt Appropriate amount
  • Chicken essence Appropriate amount
  • Edible oil 20g
  • Balsamic vinegar 7g
  • Scent leaves 1 piece
  • Zanthoxylum bungeanum 10-15 pcs
  • Anise 1 piece
  • Cinnamon 1 small paragraph
  • Dried chili Appropriate amount

Steps

Yuba mixed with celery

1. Soak the dried yuba in warm water for more than 4 hours until soft.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

2. Cut into small pieces with a diagonal knife.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

3. Take the middle part of the celery, wash it and cut it into inch-long sections with a diagonal knife.

Yuba mixed with celery

4. Mince the garlic.

Yuba mixed with celery

5. Cut dry chili into shreds.

Yuba mixed with celery

6. Blanch the celery in boiling water until it changes color. There is no need to blanch the celery for too long as it will affect the crisp and tender taste.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

7. Drain the blanched celery.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

8. Blanch the yuba in boiling water for 2-3 minutes.

Yuba mixed with celery

9. Drain the blanched yuba and take it out.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

10. Put the blanched celery and yuba into a container, add minced garlic, and add a little soy sauce and balsamic vinegar.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

11. Add appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence, and add dried chili shreds.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

12. Pour 20 grams of oil into the pot, heat until it is 50% hot, add peppercorns, bay leaves, star anise, and cinnamon until the aroma is released. (Adding the seasoning can stir up dense small oil flowers. The oil temperature is appropriate when the color of the peppercorns becomes darker but does not scorch)

Yuba mixed with tender celery

13. Pour hot oil on various ingredients. After a sizzling sound, all the aroma will be stimulated. Mix well.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

14. Load the plate.

Yuba mixed with tender celery

15. Finished product.

Tips

  1. 1. When making yuba, the water temperature should not be too high and should be kept at around 60~70℃.
  2. 2. Do not use dark soy sauce, as it is dark in color and tastes bad.