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:

Here's what you need from around the house:


And here's what to do:
  1. prepare the tasty tofu strips ahead of time
  2. start the rice cooking in the rice steamer
  3. cut up the mushrooms, broccoli, and peppers

  4. heat the margarine or wok oil in the wok
  5. add enough Gary masala to create a thick creamy paste of oil and spices

  6. crank the heat up way high, add the tofu strips and stir fry, coating them with the spices
  7. set the tofu aside

  8. repeat steps #4 and #5

  9. crank the heat up way high, and stir fry the peppers and broccoli

  10. add the mushrooms after about XXX minutes

  11. put the tofu back in just before it's all done enough

  12. when it all seems done enough, add the lemon and cilantro
  13. stir thoroughly while cooking a further half minute

  14. 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