Sichuan-Style Tofu with Mushrooms

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Ingredients

  • 14 ounces water-packed firm tofu
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 scallions
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced white mushrooms
  • Sichuan Sauce

Cooking Instructions

1. Place tofu on several paper towels and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Turn tofu over, sprinkle with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, place more paper towels on top and weight the tofu down with a plate. Set aside for 5 minutes. Cut the tofu into roughly 1-inch cubes.

2. Heat a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok or large skillet over high heat until a bead of water vaporizes within 1 to 2 seconds of contact. Swirl in 1 tablespoon oil; add garlic and scallions and stir-fry until fragrant, 10 seconds. Add mushrooms and stir-fry until just beginning to soften, 1 minute. Transfer to a plate.

3. Swirl the remaining 1 tablespoon oil into the pan, reduce the heat to medium, add the tofu and pan-fry, turning midway through cooking, until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Swirl in Sichuan Sauce and the mushroom mixture; increase the heat to high and stir-fry until the tofu is just heated through and the sauce clings to it, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Discard the garlic. Serve immediately.

Nutritional Information per Serving

  calories 15  carbohydrates 2  fat 1  saturated fat 0  mono unsaturated fat 0  protein 0  cholesterol 0  fiber 0  potassium 448     

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This recipe has been added to the following public cookbooks:
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Trfesok
03/04/08 01:28 PM
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Not what we expected

I was very much looking forward to making this recipe, hoping for something spicy. Not only was it no spicy, it was incredibly bland, almost tasteless, even though we used the right proportions of ingredients. Very disappointing -- we threw the recipe out.
FWomanwskills
02/24/08 06:11 PM
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Sichuan-Style Tofu with Mushrooms

OUTSTANDING!!! This recipe is not only eaaaaasssssyyyy it is very tasty!! :) My daughter who doesn't eat tofu is now eating it due to this recipe!!!! Thank you.

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    Because of the high moisture content of tofu, it can go from a stir-fry to a braise in seconds. We also recommend salting and drying the tofu in paper towels so oil doesn't splatter during frying.