Chinese Recipe : Pressed Beancurd with Meat Shreds

Serves 2

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb. (225g.) lean pork, beef, or chicken, cut into fine strips (julienned)

Marinate meat in a mixture of:

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon cooking wine or sherry
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch

• 1 tablespoon scallion
• 1 tablespoon ginger root, finely shredded.

• 1 cup bamboo shoots, cut into julienned strips
• 1/2 cup Szechuan pickled mustard greens cut into julienne strips.
• 2 cakes five-spice flavored pressed bean curd, cut into julienned strips.

Cooking sauce:

• 1 tablespoon water or chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• few drops sesame oil
• pinch of pepper

2 cups, cooked rice

Directions:

1. Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a preheated wok. Stir-fry the meat shreds in the oil until done. Remove meat and set aside.
2. Heat another 2 tablespoons oil and stir-fry the scallion and ginger root until fragrant, then add the bamboo shoots, pickled mustard, pressed bean curd and meat shreds. Stir-fry quickly over high heat. Add the cooking sauce ingredients and mix together quickly, coating everything evenly.
3. Divide the rice onto 2 plates, top with the above and serve.

Submitted by : Keith