Chinese Recipes - Sautéed Bean Curd Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 cakes bean curd

• 2 dried mushrooms (soaked)

• 1 bamboo shoot

• 50 g (2 oz) sweet peas

• 1 stalk green onion

• 3 red peppers

• 1 clove garlic

• 1 slice ginger

• 200 g (7oz) pork

• 1 teaspoon cooking wine

• 1 teaspoon soy sauce

• 3 tablespoons oil

• 1 tablespoon bean paste

• 4 tablespoons soy sauce

• 1 teaspoon sugar

• 1 tablespoon cooking wine

• dash of monosodium glutamate (MSG)

4 servings

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Method:

1. Place cloth over sieve and drain bean curd. Cut bean curd into 1 cm (1/2 inch) pieces.

2. Heat 1 tablespoon oil and fry half of the cut bean curd until light brown. Add more oil and fry remaining bean curd.

3. Slice meat, marinate. Also slice mushroom, bamboo shoot, green onion, and ginger. Cut red pepper and garlic into half. Parboil sweet peas.

4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add and fry in order: green onion, garlic, ginger, red pepper, meat, bamboo shoot, mushroom and sweet peas. Add fried bean curd.

5. Mix seasoning together, add to pan and mix gently so as not to break bean curd.