Chinese Style Sauteed Firm Tofu

Title: Chinese Style Sauteed Firm Tofu

Categories: Chinese, Main dish, Vegetarian

Yield: 4 servings

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

-- 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,

3 to 4 minutes. Stir in

dissolved cornstarch & simmer 30 seconds for another

30 seconds.

Shurtleff & Aoyagi, "The Book of Tofu" --