Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chinese stir-fry tofu bokchoy. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Sichuan peppers add bold flavor to this tasty bok choy tofu stir-fry! You can use either regular or "baby" bok choy for this recipe. If you have a hard time finding bok choy, substitute Chinese cabbage (sometimes called Napa cabbage).
Chinese Stir-Fry Tofu Bokchoy is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chinese Stir-Fry Tofu Bokchoy is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chinese stir-fry tofu bokchoy using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Stir-Fry Tofu Bokchoy:
- Prepare 1-2 Firm/hard tofu
- Make ready Bunch bok choy
- Take 1 tbsp cooking oil
- Prepare 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 4 thin slices of ginger - julienned
- Make ready Dash ground white pepper
- Take 1 tbsp mushroom or oyster sauce
- Take To taste chicken stock granules
- Take 2 tsp sesame oil
For a lighter taste, feel free to stir-fry the baby bok choy in olive oil. Low-sodium chicken broth can be used in place of water. Bok choy stir-fry with crispy tofu is one of my favorite vegan dishes. In Chinese cooking, fried tofu is usually used as an alternative to meat, in order to turn a dish into a vegetarian one.
Instructions to make Chinese Stir-Fry Tofu Bokchoy:
- Thumb rules when Stir-Frying vegies 1. Heat Wok & Cooking oil well. 2. Use HIGH HEAT. 3. Prepare everything ready at your station so you dont have to run here and there looking for everything you need because frying with high heat you might over cook your dish. 3. Add sesame oil last.
- Prepare all ingredients ready. Half the tofu if its thick then cut into equal cube. Not too small as tofu can break easily. Clean bok choy before Cutting.
- Heat oil in a wok over high heat. Use Enough oil to few seconds sauté garlic and julienned ginger. Then add cubed tofu right away. Stir one or two times then Let it sit for a minute to lighly brown sides of the cubed tofu before turning it again. Sprinkle a dash of ground white pepper. Stir.
- Add bok choy. Stir fast. Season with mushroom or oyster sauce. Taste. Add chicken stock granules if necessary. Stir fast again, turn off the heat right away a minute or two after that. Avoid over cook your vegies. Add sesame oil now and stir (mix well) before plating. Note: Sesame oil can be added to your dish before or after the heat is off - just before plating.
It is a bit greasy by itself but works like magic with. When the bok choy has begun to wilt, stir in the salt, sugar, sesame oil, and white pepper. Now add the water and fresh tofu skins (bean threads). Keyword: bok choy with tofu skin. Stir the tofu and begin adding the vegetables one by one.
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