Recipe name:
Chinese Style Sauteed Firm Tofu
Recipe category:
Main Dish
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Recipe detials:
24 oz Firm tofu 2 tb Oil 1/2 ts Salt 1 sm Onion, thinly sliced 6 md Mushrooms, sliced 1 sm Carrot, cut into matchsticks 2 md Green bell peppers, thinly -- sliced 1 tb Sake or white wine 1 1/2 tb Soy sauce 1 ts Grated ginger 1 tb Sugar 1 tb Water 1 ts Cornstarch dissolved in 3 -- tb water Cut tofu crosswise into pieces the shape of French-fried potatoes. Heat a wok, coat with oil & sprinkle on the salt. Add onion, then the mushrooms, stir frying each over high heat for about 30 seconds. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add carrot, green pepper & tofu in that order, sauteeing each for about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low & add sake, soy sauce, ginger, sugar & water. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in dissolved cornstarch & simmer 30 seconds for another 30 seconds. Shurtleff & Aoyagi, "The Book of Tofu" |