Yong Tau Foo Soup is an easy way out for couples like us two. Buy the necessary ingredients and just put it all into a pot to boil. No wasting of food because we will buy the right quantity for 2 pax (simply means each ingredient x2).
You can go with rice, vermicelli/noodles or just soup. This is one of the popular lunch choices.
Now my favourite place to get the ingredients will be Cold Storage. The section that sells the ingredients for Yong Tau Foo. 9 pieces for $3.80 and I do sometimes find it cheaper than the stalls at traditional wet market. Or maybe is just me who enjoys going there at times. Anyways, we will use the ingredients on the same day for cooking so freshness is what I'm talking about.
Ingredients:
So how do we usually make our soup? The key will be ikan bilis and yellow beans (or soy beans). Please remember to use stock pack to contain the beans and ikan bilis separately. I usually fill it full for each.
And also the broth that we stored in our freezer. The broth was made through pressure cooking with bones that we get from Sheng Siong. We choose the Bulan Direct Pork Big Bones. The bigger they are, the more we want.
Method:
1) Boil a fresh pot of water with yellow beans first as it needed time to be cooked.
2) Add water if necessary during the boil.
3) Once the beans soften and the water turn darker (like dirty yellow in color), add the ikan bilis to boil.
4) When it is almost done, season it if necessary like pepper and/or salt.
5) Once done, combine the stored broth into the fresh pot of soup. You can defroze it first or just put in the cube and mix it.
6) When the soup is done, you can add it your ingredients to boil till cooked.
And you are ready to serve. In the above, you can see fried lard which Mister added in. Adding to the fragrance.
And if you don't wanna waste the yellow beans, add them in the soup to consume. I remember having my lunch at this Yong Tau Foo stall at Hong Lim Food Centre and they will add a spoonful of yellow beans if you want. So I actually love it even more now.
Isn't it as simple as ABC? For a novice cook like me, I can do this a million times.
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