Chinese Style Sauteed Firm Tofu

Servings: 4
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

Cut tofu crosswise into pieces the shape of French-fried potatoes. Heat a
wok, coat with oil and 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 and tofu in that order, sauteeing each
for about 1 minute. Reduce heat to low and add sake, soy sauce, ginger,
sugar and water. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in dissolved cornstarch and
simmer 30 seconds for another 30 seconds.

Shurtleff and Aoyagi, ‘The Book of Tofu’

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