Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

5 tb Rice vinegar
1 tb Brown sugar
3 tb Soy sauce
2 tb Chinese sesame oil
1/2 To 1 ts crushed red pepper
3/4 lb Very firm tofu
-- cut in bite size cubes
1/2 c Minced onion
2 lg Or 3 sm celery stalks
-- cut in small dice
1 md Carrot; cut in small dice
1/2 c Bamboo shoots
-- cut in small dice
1 c Peas; fresh if possible
4 md Garlic cloves; minced
6 Scallions; whites only
-- cut in 1/2" pieces
2 sm Or 1 md zucchini
-- cut first in thin strips
-- then into small dice
1 1/2 tb Cornstarch
2 tb Peanut oil or
2 tb Chinese sesame oil
-- for sauteing
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Peanuts; preferably roasted
-- and unsalted

-----------------VARIATION (SAUTEED TWELVE----------------------

-------------------AFTER ADDING TOFU, ADD------------------------
1/2 c Diced water chestnuts
1 c Lightly toasted cashews
2 Cakes tofu kan or 5-spice
-tofu

In a medium-sized bowl combine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil
and red pepper; mix to combine. Add the diced tofu, and tip the bowl
in each direction to allow all the tofu to come into contact with the
marinade. Cover, and let marinate for at least an hour.

Prepare the onion, celery, carrot, and bamboo shoots and place these
together in a bowl. Set aside.

In a separate bowl combine peas, garlic, scallions and zucchini; set
aside.

About 15 minutes before serving time, place the cornstarch in a small
bowl. Drain the marinade from the tofu into the bowl. Whisk this
mixture until the cornstarch dissolves. Set aside, leaving the whisk
in the bowl.

Heat a medium-sized wok. Add 2 tb. peanut oil or sesame oil. When it
is hot, add the bowlful of onions, celery, etc. and the salt, and
stir-fry over high heat for about 5 minutes.

Add the second bowlful of vegetables (peas, garlic, etc.) and stir-fry
another 2 to 3 minutes, keeping the heat high.

Add the drained tofu. Stir-fry another 3 to 5 minutes--until all the
vegetables are *just* tender.

Whisk the cornstarch mixture from the bottom and pour it in. Stir-fry
several more minutes, then add the peanuts. Serve immediately, over
rice.

Yield: 4 to 6 servings.

From _Still Life with Menu_ by Mollie Katzen. From:
scregger#u.washington.edu (Sheri Cregger) in rec.food.veg.cooking.
Formatted by Cathy Harned.

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