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Yunnan-style stinky tofu, substituted with blue cheese

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  • 325 g firm tofu
  • 25 g halal certified blue cheese
Mash the firm tofu together with the blue cheese.
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp chicken bouillon
  • ¼ tsp MSG
  • ¼ tsp Sichuan peppercorn powder
  • white pepper
  • 1 tsp red fragrant chili powder
  • 1 tbsp oil
Mix in the soy sauce, salt, chicken bouillon, MSG, Sichuan peppercorn powder, white pepper, red fragrant chili powder and the oil, and mash it all together.
  • scallion
Cover the bottom of a small pot with scallion and set it over a medium flame.
  • 1 tbsp schmaltz
  • ¼ cup chicken stock
Add a tablespoon of schmaltz, duck fat or oil; once it sizzles add the tofu mixture and the chicken stock, cover, and simmer 8 minutes.
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • ½ tbsp red fragrant chili
Heat two tablespoons of oil in a separate pot until it just starts to smoke, drop in the red fragrant chili, stir and pour it over the tofu.