Tofu In Black Bean Sauce

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Vegetables	Vegan	Vegan	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Blocks firm tofu, cubed 3/4"
		x 3/4" or so see note
3		Cloves garlic, minced
2		Quarter-sized pieces of
		ginger minced
2	T	Oil
2		Green onions, chopped
		green and white parts
		up
		to 3
1	t	Fermented black beans
		rinsed briefly in water
		to
		remove some of the salt
		then coarsely chopped
1	T	Black bean sauce
1	c	Vegetable stock or water
1	T	Sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

For the poster who wanted to hide the tofu in dishes, this is my best
"hidden tofu" recipe. See if you can taste that tofu now! Use deep
fried tofu to get a really spongy tofu -- soaks up the sauce like
there's no tomorrow.  Heat oil in large skillet or wok. Add the ginger
and garlic; saute for  about 20 seconds until the aroma "explodes" (as
my book says). Add the  black beans and the green onion and saute for
about 10 seconds. Stir  in the black bean paste and veg. stock; mix
well. Add the tofu cubes.  Turn the heat down to maintain a strong
simmer; cover and let cook  about 20 minutes. Add the sesame oil and
give a brief stir. Serve.  This goes well with rice or with rice sticks
(bean threads).  Note: If you deep fry the tofu first, it will absorb
more of the  black bean sauce. You can buy frozen deep fried tofu at
many asian  food stores, if you want to avoid the trouble. You probably
want to  cut store-bought deep fried tofu into smaller pieces; it can
be in  huge chunks.  Posted to JEWISH-FOOD digest by Shaul and Aviva
Ceder  <ceder@netvision.net.il> on Dec 24, 1998, converted by MM_Buster
v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 393 Calories From Fat: 369 Total Fat: 41.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 7.1mg Potassium: 130.6mg Carbohydrates: 5.6g Fiber: 1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 1.2g