Trans-Pecos Stir-Fry
I first made this concoction on the last day of a camping trip out west of
the Pecos when I combined left over spices and other ingredients from two
different recipes. I know it sounds healthy, but this one is
chock-full of oil and salt (in the soy sauce).
Total preparation time: about XXX minutes
Cooking time: about XXX minutes
Yield: a complete meal for three or four
Vegetarian: vegan
Here's what you need from the store:
- a XX cup of white rice
- margarine or wok oil
- a batch of tasty tofu strips
- a goodly amount of Gary masala
- a pound of mushrooms, sliced
- a bunch of broccoli, cut into florets
- miscellaneous fresh peppers
- a handfull or two of bean sprouts
- the compound leaves from a bunch of cilantro
- the juice from three or four lemons
- soy sauce
Here's what you need from around the house:
And here's what to do:
- prepare the tasty tofu strips ahead of time
- start the rice cooking in the rice steamer
- cut up the mushrooms, broccoli, and peppers
- heat the margarine or wok oil in the wok
- add enough Gary masala to create a thick creamy paste of oil and spices
- crank the heat up way high, add the tofu strips and stir fry, coating them with the spices
- set the tofu aside
- repeat steps #4 and #5
- crank the heat up way high, and stir fry the peppers and broccoli
- add the mushrooms after about XXX minutes
- put the tofu back in just before it's all done enough
- when it all seems done enough, add the lemon and cilantro
- stir thoroughly while cooking a further half minute
- serve thus:
- put a bed of rice on the plate
- sprinkle soy sauce on the rice
- cover the rice with the stir fry mixture
- sprinkle bean sprouts on top