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Guoba Cai (crispy rice vegetable dish)

Guoba Cai (crispy rice vegetable dish)

A Tianjin breakfast of crispy mung-bean pancakes bathed in a savory gravy scented with star anise, sesame paste and fermented bean curd, topped with cilantro.

Instructions

  1. 1
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    Prepare the ingredients, and chop the cilantro roots and cilantro leaves separately.

  2. 2
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    Mix sesame paste and fermented tofu, then add 1–2 tablespoons of purified water to dilute and set aside.

  3. 3
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    Heat oil in a pan, and after the oil is hot, add star anise and cilantro roots.

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    After frying until fragrant, pour in the soy sauce.

  5. 5
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    Add sweet bean sauce.

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    Stir-fry evenly.

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    Pour an appropriate amount of water and bring it to a boil.

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    Pour in the water starch.

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    Turn off the heat and remove from the pot when the sauce is thick.

  10. 10
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    Pour into the bowl.

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    Put in the pancake.

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    Sprinkle with cilantro leaves.

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    Pour in the prepared sauce.

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    Eat while it's hot.

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Ingredients

Main Ingredients

  • Millet Pancake
    1 serving
  • fermented tofu
    1 small piece

Auxiliary Ingredients

  • Coriander
    2 pieces
  • Scallion
    1 section

Seasonings

  • Star anise
    1 piece
  • Edible oil
    1 spoon
  • starch slurry
    50 g
  • Soy sauce
    3 spoon
  • sesame paste
    1 spoon
  • Sweet bean sauce
    1/2 tbsp