Ten Tasty Vegetables (shi Ziang Cai)

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Vegetarian	Vegetarian	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Carrots, shredded
1	c	White Chinese turnip
		shredded
1	c	White Chinese celery
		shredded
8		Pieces soy spiced beancurd
		or Loma Linda brand
		Vegetable Hamburger
3	c	Soybean sprouts, NOT mung
		bean sprouts
4		Green onions, shredded
1/2	c	Nami dried black mushrooms
		soaked & shredded
1/2	c	Cloud Ear dried fungus
		soaked
1/2	c	Dried lily flowers, soaked
		and hard tips removed
2	oz	Bean thread noodles, soaked
1	t	Salt, to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

About 6 to 8 T peanut oil for stir-frying PREPARATION: Shred in 2"
lengths: carrots, turnip, Chinese celery and beancurd. Shred onions,
greens & all, into 2" lengths. Rinse, then soak in hot water: enough
mushrooms, fungus and lily flowers to give specified amounts. Shred
mushrooms, chop fungus. Soak bean thread noodles.  Bean thread  noodles
are important because they soak up excess moisture from the
vegetables. Vegetables should be moist but not soggy or watery after
stir-frying. STIR-FRYING: Stir-fry fresh vegetables separately with
about 1 tablespoon oil for each, in hot wok. Add salt to taste.  Drain
off excess water, reserve. (Soybean sprouts should be cooked  until
they are slightly charred for fullest flavor.) To stir-fry  dried
soaked ingredients, begin with hot wok, add 2 to 3 tablespoons  oil,
then add mushroom, fungus & lily flowers. Stir-fry green onions,  add
all other ingredients to them, including noodles. Allow dish to  cool
before serving. NOTE:  Fresh or canned bamboo shoot may be  substituted
for any vegetable. Seaweed may be used instead of some of  the fungus.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 227 Calories From Fat: 208 Total Fat: 23.5g Cholesterol: 1.8mg Sodium: 910.4mg Potassium: 124mg Carbohydrates: 3.5g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 1.5g Protein: 1.6g