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General Tao's Tofu
Posted by: tofumaniac on Aug 27, 2007 - 05:13 PM
chinese-recipes
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SERVES 4
16 oz firm tofu
3/4 cup cornstarch (1 tblsp for sauce)
peanut or vegetable oil for frying (enough oil to deep fry the tofu)
3 chopped green onions
1 tblsp minced ginger
3 cloves minced garlic
2/3 cup vegetable or stock
2 tblsp soy sauce
4 tblsp sugar
1 tblsp sherry
1 tblsp white vinegar
1/2 tblsp hoisin sauce veggies
1. Drain, dry and cut tofu into 1 inch cubes. Roll each piece of tofu in a bowl of cornstarch.
2. Heat your oil in a heavy-bottomed pan or wok, and deep fry tofu for about 4-6 minutes on medium high heat. Remove tofu from pan, and place on paper towels.
3. Heat 3 Tablespoons of oil in the pan or wok on medium heat. Add green onions, ginger and garlic, cook until light brown.
4. Fix the vegetable stock, soy sauce, sugar, red pepper, hoisin sauce and vinegar, and add to wok.
5. Mix 2 Tablespoons water with 1 Tablespoon cornstarch and pour into mixture stirring well. Add fried tofu and coat evenly.
6. Serve immediately with steamed broccoli and carrots over your choice of rice, either steam white rice or black rice. Top your dish with bean sprout!
PS: This is a vegetarian dish, but if you not vegetarian, you could add the meat of your choice, and use chicken stock instead of vegetable stock.
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