Ingredients
- 5 spice mix
- 2 tbs peanut oil
- 2 garlic (cloves)
- 2 portabello mushrooms
- 1 splash of sake
- 1 few tbs water (hot)
- 1/2 anything else that seems like a good idea at the time (cubes)
- 1/8 chinese
- 1/2 lb extra firm tofu
- 1 c warm water
- 2 t soy sauce
- 1 t ginger (fresh)
- 1 t cornstarch
- 1 t mellow brown rice miso
- 1 package water chestnuts (sliced)
- 1 slice zucchini
- 1 slice carrot
- 1/2 slices head broccoli
Dissolve the miso in the water. Dissolve the cornstarch in a small amount of hot water and add to the miso, along with the soy sauce and 5-spice mix. Set aside. Heat the wok, then add the oil; heat for a minute and swirl around to coat the wok. Add the garlic and ginger, stir around until the garlic starts to brown. Add the mushrooms, toss for about 3 minutes until they start to soften. Add the carrots, stir for about 2 minutes; then the broccoli, another minute; then the water chestnuts, another minute; then the tofu. Add a splash of sake, stir for another minute or two as the steam melds everything, then pour on the sauce. Stir until it thickens (about 3 minutes), then serve with rice or noodles. The portabellos have a chewey, firm body and a rather strong flavor, very nice! I think next I'll try some kind of dish mixing whole caps with eggplant...I'll let you know in a week or so! as always, "eat! eat!"