Yong Tau Foo Soup and Sweet Dipping Sauce

Yong Tau Foo Soup and Sweet Dipping Sauce Recipe

(A) SOUP:

• 2000 ml water
• 200 ml chicken broth (store-bought)
• 100g ikan bilis (dried anchovies), washed
• 100g dried soya beans, washed
• 15g garlic (2 cloves), peeled
• 10g ginger (2 medium slices), peeled
• 15g rock sugar
• salt to taste
• white pepper powder
• yong tau foo pieces (store-bought)

(B) SWEET DIPPING SAUCE:

• 120 ml water
• 1 tbsp black soy sauce
• 3 tbsp Hoisin sauce
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce
• 1 tbsp dried chilli paste or sambal
• 2 tsp sesame seed oil
• cornstarch slurry if needed

DIRECTIONS:

1. SOUP: Add ikan bilis, ginger and garlic into a filter pouch. Secure tightly.

2. Add water, chicken broth, soya beans and ikan bilis pouch into a pot. Cover pot with its lid and simmer for 1.5 hours.

3. After that, remove ikan bilis pouch from the soup. Discard contents.

4. Remove soya beans and set them aside. 

5. While the soup is still simmering, add yong tau foo pieces into the pot. Cook for 3-5 minutes and off the heat.

 
6. SAUCE: Add all ingredients (B) except cornstarch slurry into a saucepan. Gently simmer until the sauce thickens. Add slurry if you like a thicker sauce.

7. Serve hot with rice or noodles of choice.

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