Hot And Spicy Tofu And Beef

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 200 g firm tofu, cubed
• 300 g ground beef
• 4 scallions, chopped,green and separated
• 1 tablespoon onion, minced (i used small red ones)
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon ginger, minced
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup chinese rice wine or 1/4 cup sherry wine
• 1 tablespoon chili sauce (or ketchup)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 5 small dried chilies
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, dissolved in
• 1 tablespoon water
• chili flakes, to taste
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 combine soy sauce, sherry, chilli sauce, sugar and oyster sauce; stir. marinate tofu cubes in the sauce ingredients for 15mins or more.
• 2 sprinkle ground beef with salt and pepper.
• 3 heat oil in wok, stir fry onions, garlic and ginger until fragrant. add dried chilli and scallion bottoms, stir fry for 1 minute.
• 4 add seasoned ground beef and continue to stir fry until browned.
• 5 add tofu and sauce, combine well. let simmer 1-2mins.
• 6 add chilli flakes, if you like it really spicy!
• 7 add cornstarch mixture, stir fry until sauce thicken.
• 8 garnish with chopped scallion greens, and serve with jasmine rice.