Free Recipe Szechwan Eggplant and Tofu

Recipe Type: Free Chinese Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 4

Ingredients for Szechwan Eggplant and Tofu Recipe

3 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Minced garlic
1/4 c Dry sherry or Chinese rice
1 tb Minced fresh ginger
-wine 1/4
ts Black pepper
1 tb White or brown sugar
Cayenne pepper to taste
1 tb Cider vinegar
3 Cakes firm tofu, cut into
3 tb Cornstarch
-strips
2 tb Peanut oil
8 Scallions: greens minced,
1 md Onion, thinly sliced
-whites in strips, keep
1 lg Eggplant, cut into strips,
-separate
-thinly 1
bn Cilantro, minced (optional)
3/4 ts Salt

Szechwan Eggplant and Tofu Preparation

SZECHWAN EGGPLANT & TOFU SAUCE: Combine soy sauce, vinegar, sherry, sugar in a liquid-measuring cup. Add enough water to make up to 1 cup. Place cornstarch in a small bowl, pour in the liquid, pour on the liquid & whisk till dissolved. Set aside. Heat a large wok over a high flame. Add oil & onion & stir fry for about a minute. Add eggplant & salt & stir fry for 8 to 10 minutes till the eggplant is soft. Add garlic, ginger & black pepper & cayenne. Cook a few minutes more. Add tofu & scallion bottoms. Stir the bowl of liquid that has been set aside & add to the wok. Mix well & stir fry for another few minutes till the sauce is thickened. Remove from the heat & serve over rice topped with scallion greens & cilantro. Serves 4.

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