Chinese Recipes - Four Jeweled Tofu Recipe

  
 

Chinese Tofu Recipes - Four Jeweled Tofu Recipe

Ingredients

  • 6 dried Chinese mushrooms

  • 45 ml/3 tbsp groundnut (peanut) oil

  • 100 g/4 oz broccoli florets

  • 2.5ml/1/2 tsp fish sauce

  • 2.5ml/1/2 tsp rice wine or dry sherry

  • 2.5m/1/2 tsp corn flour

  • 120ml/1/2 cup chicken stock

  • 450g tofu, cubed

  • 100g/4oz peeled prawns

  • 100g/4opz chicken, shredded

  • 1/2 small carrot, shredded

  • 15ml/1 tsp oyster sauce

  • 15ml/1 tbsp soy sauce

Method:

  1. Soak the mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes then drain. Discard the stalks and halve the caps.

  2. Heat 15 ml/1 tbsp of oil and fry the mushroom caps until tender then remove from the pan.

  3. Meanwhile, blanch the broccoli in boiling water until almost tender then drain well.

  4. Heat 15 ml/1 tbsp of oil in the wok and cook the broccoli with the fish sauce, wine or sherry, corn flour and chicken stock until just tender. Remove from the wok.

  5. Heat the remaining oil and stir-fry the tofu until lightly browned.

  6. Add the prawns, chicken and carrot and stir-fry for 3 minutes.

  7. Return the broccoli mixture to the pan with the oyster and soy sauce and cook for a few minutes until tender.