Food Recipes Collection

SZECHWAN EGGPLANT AND TOFU RECIPE ========================== ========================== (Serves 4) Ingredients: ------------ 3 tblsp Soy sauce 2 tblsp Minced garlic 1/4 cup Dry sherry or Chinese rice wine 1 tblsp Minced fresh ginger 1/4 tsp Black pepper 1 tblsp White or brown sugar Cayenne pepper to taste 1 tblsp Cider vinegar 3 Cakes firm tofu, cut into strips 3 tblsp Cornstarch 2 tblsp Peanut oil 8 Scallions: greens minced, whites in strips, keep separate 1 medium Onion, thinly sliced 1 large Eggplant, cut into strips, thinly 1 bunch Cilantro, minced (optional) 3/4 tsp Salt Instructions: ------------- Sauce: ------ Combine soy sauce, vinegar, sherry, sugar in a liquid-measuring cup. Add enough water to make up to 1 cup. Place cornstarch in a small bowl, pour in the liquid, pour on the liquid & whisk till dissolved. Set aside. Heat a large wok over a high flame. Add oil & onion & stir fry for about a minute. Add eggplant & salt &...

CUBAN TOFU SALAD Ingredients: ------------ 1 lb firm tofu 1/3 cup nutritional yeast with salt, pepper, and paprika added to taste oil 1 lb new potatoes 1 good-sized sweet potato or yam (6-8 inches long) 1 mild tasting apple (Golden Delicious is good), sliced or chopped 4 eggs, hard cooked, sliced 1/2 cup green peas, cooked until still slightly firm 1/2 red onion, finely chopped 1 can asparagus tips mayonnaise (about 3/4 c.) about 2 tblsp dill weed vinegar, mustard, or "Durkee's special sauce" Instructions: ------------- 1. Cut tofu into 1" squares, 1/2" thick. Coat with nutritional yeast. Fry in oil over medium heat until golden brown and slightly chewy. Drain on paper towels. 2. Cut potatoes and sweet potatoes into 1" cubes. Boil until tender. Drain. 3. Mix together tofu, potatoes, apple, 3 of the eggs, peas, and onion. Add enough mayonnaise to make it creamy or to taste. Add dill weed, fresh if possible. Add enough vinegar,...

CRISP-FRIED TOFU AND GREENS =========================== Ingredients: ------------ 2 cakes of tofu, frozen overnight and thawed 1/2 cup water or vegetable stock 1 tsp cornstarch 1/2 cup cornmeal or cornstarch Marinade: --------- 1/3 cup soy sauce 1/4 cup rice vinegar 1 tblsp finely grated gingerroot 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed dash cayenne Sauce: ------ 3 tblsp soy sauce 1/4 cup dry sherry 2 tsp rice vinegar 2 tsp honey or brown sugar Vegetables: ----------- 3 tblsp oil 3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed 1 cup thinly sliced onion 6 cup mix of coarsely chopped pak choi, chard, kale, nappa cabbage or 9 cup chopped spinach Instructions: ------------- Gently squeeze as much liquid out of thawed tofu as possible. Cut tofu crosswise into 1/2-inch thick slices, then diagonally, to make 4 triangles.* Combine marinade ingredients and mix well. Arrange tofu triangles in one layer in a dish and cover with marinade. Allow to sit for at least 10 minu...