Recipe - Basic Deep-Fried Bean Curd

4 Cakes bean curd
Oil for deepfrying
Salt

1. Cut bean curd cakes in 1inch cubes. Blot gently with paper toweling to
remove as much moisture as possible.

2. Heat oil and deepfry bean curd cubes, several at a time, until puffed
up and golden. Drain on paper toweling. Sprinkle with salt and serve hot.

NOTE: Deepfried bean curd cubes can be added to any stirfried dish. They
should be added at the very end, only to heat through (so as not to lose
their interesting texture and crispness). Speared on toothpicks, these are
also excellent as an hors d'oeuvre to serve with cocktails. VARIATION: At
the end of step 2, also sprinkle lightly with hot sauce.

From The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook, ISBN 0517658704. Downloaded
from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.