Simmered Sweet Potato & Xue Choy

Ingredient

• 1 sweet potato (about 1/2 pound : 230 g)
• a bunch of xue choy
• 1 sheet deep-fried tofu (thin type)
• 5 or 6 dried small sardines
• mirin, soybean paste, salt (Miso is food boiled and seasoned meeting well)

Direction

1. Boil some water in the pan. Add a pinch of salt. Boil xue choy quickly. Soak boiled xue choy into the cold water. Drain off. Cut into a little more than 1 inch length.
2. Wash sweet potato. Cut in round slices of 1/2 inch. Soak in water for 10 minutes.
3. Spread deep-fried tofu on the colander. Pour boiling water for remove excess oil. Cut into a bite pieces.
4. Put sweet potato and 5 or 6 dried small sardines. Pour 1 cup water and heat.
5. When water comes to boil, put xue choy and deep-fried tofu. Add 1 tablespoon mirin and soybean paste. Simmer with a small lid resting directly on the sweet potato for 5 minutes over low heat. Stop to heat and keep for 30 minutes.