Lup-Lup - Tofu, Shrimps & Pork Lard Stir Fry with Bean Paste | BIG Bites MY

Lup-Lup - Tofu, Shrimps & Pork Lard Stir Fry with Bean Paste

This is one of my favorite childhood dishes. Tofu and shrimp cubes stir-fried with bean paste, topped with crunchy pork lard. Yums! This is a family recipe created by my aunt and she calls this Lup-Lup Stir Fry because all the ingredients in this dish is cubed. (Lup-lup is what we call little cubes or little bits of stuff). Preparation takes more time because all the ingredients need to be diced and it takes time to deep fry the tofu and render the pork lard, but this is really SO EASY LAH! The recipe shown here feeds one to two, just double up accordingly if you are cooking for more. A dish with different textures and it's lovely to eat with hot rice! This dish will definitely make me eat more rice!

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Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serving: 1 - 2 (increase portions accordingly if you are cooking for more)

Ingredients:

• 1 small piece of pork fat
• 2 pieces firm tofu
• 2 green chilies
• 8 medium sized shrimps (shelled and deveined)
• 1 teaspoon corn flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon bean paste
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 12 tablespoons (180ml) water
• Enough oil for deep frying

Method

1. Dice firm tofu into 1cm cubes
2. Dice shrimps (medium shrimps - cut into 3 or 4 sections)
3. Deseed green chilies and cut into small pieces of about 0.5cm wide
4. Dice pork fat into 1cm cubes
5. Heat oil for deep frying over MEDIUM HIGH heat until smoking hot. Deep tofu until golden brown. Remove and drain excess oil.
6. In a dry pan, render lard out of the pork fat over MEDIUM HIGH heat. When pork lard is golden and crispy, remove and drain excess oil.
7. Heat up 1 tablespoon of pork lard (from the pork fat rendered earlier)
8. Add bean paste and saute over MEDIUM LOW heat until aromatic
9. Add chopped garlic and saute until fragrant
10. Add 2 tablespoons (30ml) of water and simmer for a while
11. Add tofu cubes and stir to combine
12. Add 8 tablespoons (120ml) of water and simmer for a while
13. Add dark soy sauce and sugar. Stir to combine.
14. Add another 2 tablespoons (30ml) of water and simmer until fried tofu softens
15. Add diced shrimps and green chilies
16. Stir to combine and simmer until shrimps are cooked
17. Taste and flavour to your liking
18. Add half of the pork lard and stir to combine
19. Plate and garnish with the remaining pork lard before serving

Notes:

• The pork lard rendered from the pork fat is very tasty and can be kept to flavor rice or used to stir-fry vegetables