New Year’s Day 4: A Simple Block of Braised Tofu in Yellow Bean Paste

How do you enjoy a simple block of tofu? Xiucai Bean Workshop steps in to share their recipe for braised tofu in yellow bean paste.

Ingredients:
1 block of tofu from Xiucai Bean Workshop
Yellow bean paste, chilli sauce (optional), light soy sauce, salt, chopped spring onions

Method:
1. Cut the tofu into cubes, blanch and set aside
2. Heat oil in a wok; once hot, add the yellow bean paste and stir-fry until fragrant
3. Add the tofu, toss to coat, then season with light soy sauce and salt
4. Pour in half a bowl of water and braise for three minutes
5. Turn up the heat to reduce the sauce, scatter over chopped spring onions, and serve

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Dinner is served! This New Year, savour flavours with a real story behind them.

Foodthink, together with the farmers at the Beijing Organic Farmers Market, presents a New Year’s menu of recipes made with our farmers’ own produce.

There are no recipes measured to the exact gram or minute here, no elaborate or complicated techniques.

What there is instead is a quiet certainty and confidence in the ingredients, and the simple, heartfelt advice of someone cooking for family.

Ingredients made with care need no overthinking – a few easy, confident steps and just the right amount of heat, and that’s enough.

In this collection, behind every dish stands a real person –
Our farmers know what makes their produce special, and they know the best way to honour it.

When a block of tofu can tell you its name, a chicken has a résumé to its credit, and a radish dares you to leave the skin on – great flavour comes naturally.

From the second to the seventh day of the New Year, a New Year’s dish from one of our six farmers – one each day.

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Grown with care, cooked with ease, eaten with trust.