Bean Curd with a Deliciously Spicy Sauce

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Bean Curd with a Deliciously Spicy Sauce

 

2 teaspoons cornstarch

1/2 cup vegetable stock

1 teaspoon oriental chili paste with soy bean

2 tablespoons light soy sauce

1 tablespoon sesame oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon sugar

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

3 each garlic cloves, minced

1 teaspoon ginger, fresh, very finely minced

3 each scallions, finely sliced

1 pound bean curd, cubed

 

Sauce; Put the cornstarch in a small bowl. Slowly add the vegetable stock,

mixing as you do so.

Now add the chili paste, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and sugar.

Mix again. Set the sauce aside.

Heat the vegetable oil in a wok over a medium high flame.

When hot, put in the garlic and ginger.

Stir and fry for 5 seconds. Put in the bean curd.

Stir and fry for 1 minute. Turn heat to low. Stir the sauce and pour it over the

bean curd.

Mix gently and bring to a simmer.

Let the sauce thicken, stirring gently every now and then as it does so.