With a few tricks and the proper garnish, a little ground pork will go a long way. Marinate the ground pork, stir fry, add green beans, tofu and a thickened sauce. Easy, …
Cooked with Tofu
Sweet and Spicy Tofu
To sum up in one sentence, it is deep-fried firm tofu tossed in sweet chili sauce with additional chilies and finely chopped ginger thrown in. It's simple and truly delicious. …
Mushrooms and Tofu With Lemongrass Chili Sauce
The sauce has so much more than lemongrass and chilies in it but to include all the ingredients in the name of the dish will make it so long that no one is likely to remember …
Tofu in Oyster Sauce
Feeling like going meatless for dinner? Try tofu in oyster sauce. With its thick sauce, rich flavor and the aroma of sesame seed oil, you won't miss your meat.Firm or …
Stir-fried Tofu and Bell Pepper
A Sichuan dish with chili, gong bao doufu is spicy. This stir-fried tofu and bell pepper is a vegetarian (and vegan) dish cooked by Alex. We enjoyed it with a pork, sausage …
Chicken, Tofu and Spinach Stir Fry
A little chicken goes a long, long way. Two well-seasoned chicken thigh fillets were cut into bite-size pieces, stir fried with garlic and ginger, tossed with silken tofu and …
Bean Sprouts and Tofu Salad With Bang Bang Sauce
The day I cooked the Sichuan bang bang chicken for us omnivores in the family, I prepared this bean sprouts and tofu salad with bang bang sauce for Sam.Yes, it's the same …
Japanese-style Simmered Bean Sprouts, Tofu and Kombu
The simplest vegan dish I've ever cooked, this Japanese style simmered bean sprouts, tofu and kombu are seasoned with modified ponzu shoyu — citrus juice is mixed with soy …
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Tofu Steaks With Tartar Sauce
A dish of lightly fried tofu steaks smothered with tartar sauce was among the courses we had for lunch today. Alex and I both cooked so she had her menu as I had mine.What …
Lechon con tokwa
An updated recipe for a long-time favorite. Lechon con tokwa was a favorite at Boy Ching Woo Chinese Restaurant when we lived in Caloocan City. That was a decade and a half …
Garlicky tofu and pechay (Chinese cabbage) stir fry
The food photos I post on Instagram are those that I don't think anyone would expect to be accompanied by a recipe. It seems I got it wrong. At least, relative to the photo of …
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Let’s get spicy: mushrooms, tofu and vegetables in coconut milk
When in doubt, add coconut milk. When out of ideas, get coconut milk. That has pretty much been by attitude when cooking with vegetables. I don't make a raw vegetable salad; …
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Pork and tofu in sweet-salty lemongrass and ginger sauce
It wouldn't be accurate to classify this dish as a stir fry. There are three methods involved in cooking this pork and tofu in sweet-salty lemongrass and ginger sauce …
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Tofu and mushrooms with pickled chilies and onions
Chilies mellow and lose some of their heat when pickled. I didn't know that until yesterday. What chemical magic happens to the chilies, I have no idea. I won't even bang my …
Soft tofu and pechay soup
When I cooked the pechay guisado last week, I reserved the dark green leaves of the pechay for a vegetarian soup. In an attempt to tweak the depth of flavor, instead of using …
Tofu steak with stir fried ground pork
Think mapo tofu but with a bit of crunch.For this dish, a cake of firm tofu was sliced horizontally into two pieces, salted generously and deep fried until golden and …