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Ingredients: 100 g lean pork (or beef); 250 gfirm(hard) tofu; 1 green pepper; 1red chili pepper

Seasonings: salt cornstarch white sugar cooking wine soy sauce broad bean paste Note: the amount of theseasonings listed above can beappropriately used according toone's personal taste.

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Chinese name: 家常豆腐 (jiā cháng dòu fǔ) Style: Sichuan (Szechuan) Cuisine Characteristics: it is red-gold in color and should be soft intexture. In this recipe it should taste salty, fresh and a littlebit hot and sweet.

The 'home-style sauce' is typical of Sichuan Cuisine, and ismade by combining bean paste with chili, salt and sauce,which from the staples of many people's meals in Sichuan. Acommon accompaniment to this dish is rice, as it isnutritious but simple to cook. As you are making the sauceyourself, you can alter the quantities according to your owntaste.

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Home-style Tofu

Preparation: 1. Clean the pork and cut intoslices, about 2-3 cm long and 1-2cm wide. Put it into a dish. 2. Clean the firm tofu and cut intotriangular or diamond-shapedchunks. Put it into a dish. 3. Remove and discard the seedsfrom the peppers, then clean withwater. Cut into chunks and putinto a dish.

Methods:

Step 1: Pour the soy sauce and corn starch over the pork (cooking wine, salt, chicken essence could alsobe added in to get rid of the fishy smell of the meat). Stir well it with chopsticks until all the meat pieces arefully coated.

Step 2: Place a wok over high heat until hot. Add some cooking oil, and add the tofu chunks one by onewith chopsticks once the oil is sizzling. Fry over a low heat until both sides turn yellow. Turn off the heat andplace them into a colander on a small basin to drain the oil.

Step 3: Turn on the heat, and add some cooking oil again until hot, swirling to coat all sides. Add inthe broad bean paste and stir-fry for 20 seconds until fragrant. Add the marinated pork, soy sauce andcooking wine. Stir-fry for about 2 minutes until the pork is 80% cooked and turns yellowish.

Step 4: Add the fried tofu slices and stir-fry for about 1 minute. Add the chili pepper chunks, and stir-fryfor a furthur 1 minute. Add some salt and white sugar. Stir-fry for 30 seconds more.

Step 5: Finally, home-style tofu completes. Turn off the heat, remove them out of the wok and put themin a prepared fine porcelain plate.

A plate of typical home-style tofu is ready, with a beautiful color and alluring fragrance.

Tips: Black fungus, winter bamboo shoots, carrots and garlic sprouts also work well in this dish. In additon, you can also try Celery and Dry Bean Curd or Mapo Tofu if you are a tofu lover.

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On Sep. 19, 2012, Mr. Alan & Ms. Mary fromCanada were excited to be taken into a local familyin Xian. Mr. Alan recorded the whole process thatMary learned to cook Kung Pao Chicken & Home-style Tofu from the hostess. They praised it themost outstanding part of our service, and the mealprepared by the host was of high standard.

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On Jun. 27, 2011, Ms. Gabriela from Mexico & Ms. Isabela from South Africa stepped in a localfamily in Xian during their China tour through our company. They had a good communication with

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Ms. Gabriela and Her Daughter with a ChineseHostess

the family and learned to cook Home-style Tofu &Steamed Chinese dumplings step by step from thehostess.

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On Oct. 25, 2010, Mr. Jerry & Ms. Judith from USAhad a cooking class during their family tour in Xianunder the arrangement by TravelChinaGuide. Aswhat in their booking, the hospitable hostess hadprepared all the materials for cooking dumplingsand Home-style Tofu Jerry & Judith would learn tocook on their arrival. The hostess said: 'To be agood cook in China, one should practise cuttingskills first.' So the cutting work was almost done byJerry & Judith under the instructions of the hostessthat day.

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