Xunwu Stuffed Tofu

Xunwu Stuffed Tofu

　　"Stuffed" refers to the cooking method where one ingredient is filled, embedded, coated, or wrapped with another or several other ingredients, which is then heated to make a dish.

　　The most famous and arguably the flagship dish of Xunwu stuffed cuisine is the stuffed tofu that every household cooks during festivals. A filling paste is stuffed into matchbox-sized pieces of tofu, which are then deep-fried in vegetable oil and simmered before serving. Xunwu Hakka cuisine features all kinds of stuffed dishes: stuffed tofu, stuffed bitter melon, stuffed eggplant, stuffed lotus root, stuffed radish, stuffed tofu skin, stuffed chili peppers, stuffed green beans, stuffed pig's blood, stuffed eggs, stuffed mushrooms, stuffed scallions, and more.