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Monday, February 23, 2015

Mu Shu Vegetables

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 6
  • peanut sauce
  • 1 small napa cabbage or 1 small savoy cabbage
  • 3 leeks
  • 3 carrots, peeled
  • 12 (8 inch) flour tortillas
  • 1 tablespoon peanut oil
  • 1 cup fresh shiitake mushroom, thinly sliced
  • 2 cups bean sprouts, rinsed and drained
  • 8 ounces firm tofu, drained and cut into 2 1/2 x 1/4 inch strips
  • 3 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons sesame oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 3/4 cup honey roasted peanuts, finely chopped

Recipe

  • 1 preparation of cabbage:.
  • 2 discard any wilted or bruised outer leaves of the cabbage.
  • 3 cut cabbage into halves and cut halves into quarters.
  • 4 remove core.
  • 5 cut cabbage into thin shreds until you have 4 cups (use a chef's knife or food processor).
  • 6 preparation of leeks:.
  • 7 remove any withered outer leaves.
  • 8 cut off leaf tops down to where the dark green begins to pale and discard(using chef's knife).
  • 9 cut off roots.
  • 10 cut leeks lengthwise in half.
  • 11 wash halves thoroughly under running water to remove soil.
  • 12 cut leeks into 2 inch slivers until you have 3 cups.
  • 13 preparation of carrots:.
  • 14 julienne carrots by cutting a lengthwise strip from carrots so that they can lay flat on cutting board.
  • 15 cut carrots into 2 inch lengths.
  • 16 for each length, place flat side down on cutting board and cut lengthwise with utility knife into thin slices.
  • 17 stack a few slices and cut into 1/8 inch wide strips.
  • 18 to soften and warm tortillas:.
  • 19 preheat oven to 350°f.
  • 20 stack tortillas and wrap in aluminum foil.
  • 21 place in oven for 10 minutes or until tortillas are warm.
  • 22 to cook veggies:.
  • 23 combine soy sauce, sherry, ginger, cornstarch, sesame oil and garlic in small bowl and whisk until smooth and set aside.
  • 24 heat wok over medium high heat until hot (about 1 minute).
  • 25 drizzle peanut oil into hot wok and heat 30 seconds.
  • 26 add leeks, carrots and mushrooms.
  • 27 stir fry for 2 minutes until just tender.
  • 28 add cabbage and stir fry for 3 minutes until just tender.
  • 29 add bean sprouts and tofu.
  • 30 stir fry 1 minute until hot.
  • 31 add prepared soy sauce mixture to wok.
  • 32 cook and stir until thickened (about 1 minute).
  • 33 prepare for serving:.
  • 34 spread 1 tsp of simple peanut sauce on each tortilla.
  • 35 add 1/2 cup of vegetable mixture on bottom half of tortilla.
  • 36 sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
  • 37 fold bottom edge of tortilla over filling.
  • 38 fold in side edges.
  • 39 roll up completely, enclosing filling.
  • 40 serve with peanut sauce.
  • 41 .

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