The so-called Glazed Tofu is not like candied haws, which have a crunchy and sweet syrup coating on the surface.
Instead, it uses the characteristic of starch becoming transparent when heated to coat the tofu with a transparent layer of starch.
This makes the tofu look as bright as glass, hence the name Glazed Tofu. In fact, it's just regular braised tofu with a glazed starch coating.
The whole process of making the dish is quite simple.
Place the wok on the stove, after sliding the wok, add cooking oil, and before it's heated, throw in chopped scallion and ginger along with two star anise, and slowly fry until fragrant.
This dish requires the tofu to be intact and well-shaped, with transparent glazed starch, without too many broken ingredients, so the scallion, ginger, and star anise need to be fried in advance over low heat.
