Skewered Tofu Snack 一串心
Skewered Tofu Snack is featured among the local specialties of Taiwan.
Skewered Tofu Snack (一串心) is a Yilan (宜蘭) snack assembled on a toothpick. Fried tofu provides the base, with a meat or offal filling and coriander or basil.
A choice of fillings
In its Dongshan (冬山) food guide, the Ministry of Agriculture (農業部)’s Rural Development and Soil and Water Conservation Agency (農村發展及水土保持署) describes versions with sausage, pork liver, pork-head skin, pig ears, chicken liver or chicken hearts. The fillings are combined with the tofu and herbs, then held together by a single toothpick.
Sauce and toothpicks
Diners add soy sauce or chilli sauce before eating. At the local stalls described by the agency, the toothpicks are counted afterwards to settle the bill.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and fact-checked against them on 2026-09-30. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.
Image credits & notes (1)
- Skewers of yi chuan xin, a Yilan snack of grilled tofu and meat threaded on sticks and topped with cilantro. · 一串心，宜兰小吃，将豆干与肉类串成一串，撒上香菜。Photo: Rick888chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · taken 2021-02-04Resized for the web; the photo itself has not been edited. Thumbnails may show a cropped view.
