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Every time we come across a dish we love, we can’t wait to share it with our readers here on TWOL. Today, I would like to share our newfound love: this easy Fish and Tofu Soup (白菜豆腐鱼汤) or literally, Chinese bok choy tofu fish soup.
Winter is here, and we could all use a good bowl of soup to warm us up and for you fish and tofu soup lovers, this is it!
This dish is a great combination of two dishes I love: Shui Zhu Yu (水煮鱼) and Fish Tofu Soup. Shui Zhu Yu is a Sichuan dish of fish boiled in oil, with bean sprouts, chilis, and Sichuan peppercorns.
I love the dish, but it involves a LOT of oil. As for Fish Tofu Soup, it’s usually done with a whole fish, which is pan-fried and then added to a stock to boil. This fish soup is much easier than most easy fish recipes:
- There’s no need to deal with cleaning a whole fish (heads, tails and all that).
- You don’t have to pan-fry a fish, which can make your whole house smell like a seafood restaurant in Chinatown.
- We’re using fillets, so you don’t have to sort through pesky bones.
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"reviewBody": "My grocery store does not sell Napa cabbage or any close substitutes, so I used green leaf lettuce and it still came out great. The broth for this is very flavorful, the different vegetables provide a nice variety of consistencies to chew on, the fish was surprisingly flavorful, and best of all it was super easy and quick to make. I do think Napa cabbage would be the best green to use for this, but if your local grocery store does not provide it other lettuces will suffice.",
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"reviewBody": "I'm so glad you link some of your older recipes like this one on the newsletter! I couldn't figure out what to make for dinner -- saw this, and it's exactly what I want!",
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