intellectual property theft for dinner

[calimac]

Yesterday davidlevine wrote, "Fixed dinner (broccoli and tofu in spicy peanut sauce, a household favorite)."

"Hmm," I thought, "that sounds good. I can do that." So I did, for dinner tonight. Stir-fried tofu & veggies is a standard in our house (resumed after the little ol' San Jose Tofu makers reopened after a fire last summer - their fresh tofu far outclasses any packaged version), and unlike most of our dishes where keeping the carbs down is the problem, for this one I'm usually looking for ways to boost them up. But peanut sauce is a high-carb sauce, too high for us to use with noodles, so here's the chance.

I improvised my own recipe: steam the broccoli, gently saute corn and onions in a little butter (corn to further boost the carbs, onion because I use onion whenever possible), then add the peanut sauce with coconut milk to cook. When it boils, add the tofu, then add the broccoli a couple minutes later as the sauce thickens. Result: yum.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Tofu is easy to cook in stir-fry. Slice the cube of tofu up in two dimensions so it becomes a collection of short little sticks. Then add it to the stir-fry as you would meat: i.e. let it cook in the pan for 3-4 minutes. With good tofu, most of the sticks will crumble into irregularly-shaped globs in the process.