Recipe for Tomato, Scrambled Eggs and Frozen Tofu Soup - 2010.01.18

Per TkN's request, here's a general recipe...quantities can be adjusted per preference!

Ingredient preparation (quantities for 2-3 meals):

Frozen tofu (1-2)- Freeze fresh tofu for 1 day. (We usually buy the bucket of 10 pieces and end up freezing half or it so it doesn't go bad and to prevent from having tofu dishes everyday...) Defrost the tofu in the morning (if you're making dinner). If you need it defrosted quickly you can put it in a bowl and microwave it. You want to do this so you can squeeze the water out of the tofu. Frozen tofu is sponge-like. You can use fresh tofu or fried tofu instead of frozen tofu. Dice your tofu so they are the similar size as your tomatoes.

Tomatoes (2-3) - Any kind of tomatoes will do (though I've never tried it with cherry tomatoes). Dice or slice the tomatoes. I don't like eating cooked pieces of tomatoes so I dice mine really small. My parents like larger slices so you can taste the tomatoes...

Scrambled eggs (2-3) - Piece of cake, right?

Green onion (1 stalk) - Cut the white part of the green onion. Split the onion length-wise in half to thirds. Then cut the onion so they're about 1-2cms in length. It's very hard to describer the cutting method, but you just need to cut it so you don't have round pieces of onions running around. With the remainder of the green, just dice and put to the side.

2 cups of boiling water - don't burn the water!

Cooking directions:

1) Make all the food preparations first, including the scrambled eggs!
2) Half a teaspoon of oil and saute the white part of the onions. Put in a pinch of salt. When you smell yummy onions, put your tomatoes in.
3) Mix your tomatoes until they are cooked and there's tomato juice. Add in the boiling water - don't use cold water!
4) Add your scrambled eggs and tofu to the tomato stock. Put the remaining green onion and simmer for a few minutes - if your pan has a lid, cover it and turn the heat down a bit.
5) Taste the soup, add additional salt as needed and some white pepper.
6) Take a picture! (After it stops steaming!)

Note: You don't have to add water to the dish if you don't want soup. It makes a nice dish to eat with rice as well.