Cooking Recipe Chinese Style Sauteed Firm Tofu
Recipe Ingredients
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
Directions
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"