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Tasty Bean Curd

Cuisine: Mexican
Type: Cheese, Eggs, Vegetables
Serves: 2 people

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb 227g / 8ozFlat noodles
3 tablespoons 45mlOil
1 tablespoon 15mlOnion - sliced (small)
1 cup 146g / 5.1ozSliced broccoli
1 cup 237mlSliced mushrooms
1/2 cup 118mlSliced water chestnuts
1/2 cup 118mlSliced bamboo shoots
1 cup 160g / 5.6ozBean sprouts
2   Garlic cloves - chopped
1 teaspoon 5mlGinger - chopped
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1 teaspoon 5mlBrown sugar
2 tablespoons 30mlSoy sauce
2 tablespoons 30mlDry sherry
1 tablespoon 15mlSesame oil
1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozBean curd - cubed
2 teaspoons 10mlSesame seeds
2 tablespoons 30mlCashew nuts
2 tablespoons 30mlGreen onions - chopped
2 tablespoons 30mlGreen peppers - chopped

Recipe Instructions

Heat a pot of salted water & boil the noodles till tender. Rinse, drain & keep warm on a serving dish. Heat oil in a wok & stir fry onion, broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts & bamboo shoots for 2 minutes. Add bean sprouts & fry for 1 minute. Place on dish with noodles. Keep warm.

Add a little more oil & fry ginger & garlic for 1 minute. Stir in salt, sugar, soy sauce, sherry & sesame oil. Add bean curd. Fry gently till bean curd begins to brown. Mix together with the noodles & vegetables. Keep warm.

Add a little more oil to the wok & fry the sesame seeds, nuts, green onion & pepper till the nuts begin to brown. Use a granish for the rest of the meal.

Jack Santa Maria, "Chinese Vegetarian Cookery"

Source:
Cooking Light, June 1994, page 121

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