STEP 1/8
Sprinkle 2 spoons of flour on top of the squid and pat it with your hands to remove the foreign substances between the squid's body and the leg's sucker.
Rinse the squid several times until the water is clear.
Drain the clean squid on a strainer tray.
STEP 2/8
Cut the inside of the squid with a grating.
STEP 3/8
Cut tofu into 0.7 to 1cm thick pieces.
STEP 5/8
Chop Cheongyang red pepper and red pepper one at a time and cut 5 thin chives into 2cm long pieces.
STEP 6/8
Add 2 spoons of red pepper powder, 1.5 spoons of salted shrimp, 1 spoon of soy sauce, 1 spoon of oligosaccharide, 1 spoon of cooking wine, and 1 spoon of minced garlic and mix well.
You can replace it with sugar instead of oligosaccharide.
STEP 7/8
Spread onions on the bottom of the pan and place tofu and squid on top. Pour 400ml of anchovy kelp stock.
Put the sauce evenly on top of tofu and squid so that the sauce is soaked well, and then put it on high heat.
STEP 8/8
When the broth boils, reduce to medium-low heat and cook until the broth is self-cooked.
The two key seasonings for braised tofu are salted shrimp and perilla oil.
Make sure to put a spoonful of perilla oil at the end of the tofu cooking process.
The flavor of braised tofu definitely improves.
Don't forget salted shrimp too :)