Stir Fried Bean Curd With Ground Pork And Oyster Sauce Recipes

PORK, GREEN BEAN & OYSTER STIR-FRY

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix together the lime juice, chilli bean paste, oyster sauce and half the soy sauce. Set aside. Heat a large wok with 1 tbsp of the oil. Season the pork and toss with the remaining soy sauce. Sear the meat quickly, then remove from the pan.
• Add the remaining oil and stir-fry the garlic, onion and beans for 2 mins. Return the meat to the pan with the sauce and stir-fry for another 3 mins, until the sauce has thickened. Serve with steamed rice or noodles.

DEEP-FRIED BEAN CURD WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a wok, heat the oil for deep frying to 375 degrees, or until a piece of scallion placed in the oil bubbles and sizzles rapidly. Pat the tofu cubes dry with a paper towel. Fry the cubes in the oil for about 5 minutes, or until they are golden brown. Drain on paper towels and set aside. When the cubes are cool, cut each one in half.
• Pour off the frying oil from the wok. Over high heat, add the peanut oil to the wok, then the garlic and brown bean sauce, and stir-fry for 30 seconds. Add the fried bean curd pieces, the water and the bok choy and bring to a boil. Cover the wok, lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Uncover, raise the heat, add the sake or sherry, the sugar and as much of the cornstarch mixture as is needed to thicken the dish, stirring constantly. Add the oyster sauce and scallions and mix well. Garnish with coriander and serve with plain boiled rice.

BEEF IN OYSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the beef: Prepare the fillet of beef by hammering it with a meat cleaver, the side of a meat cleaver, the side of a Chinese cleaver or a rolling pin. Slice it thinly, and put the pieces into a bowl. Season the beef with the light soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt, black pepper, and sugar. Set aside.
• Heat a wok over high heat, and add 1 tablespoon groundnut oil. Add the garlic, and chile, and toss quickly. Then, add the spinach leaves, and toss so they warm for 5 seconds. Scatter them onto a large serving plate.
• Heat the wok over high heat, and add the remaining groundnut oil. Add the beef slices, and stir-fry for 1 to 2 minutes, adding a dash of Shaohsing rice wine. Season with a pinch of dried chile flakes. To serve, lay the beef over a bed of the garlic-spinach leaves.
• To make the mushrooms: Reheat the wok, add the oil, then add the oyster mushrooms and stir fry for 1 minute. Add a small splash of water to create some steam to help cook. Season with the black rice vinegar, and light soy sauce. Spoon the mixture over the beef, and serve.

STIR-FRIED BEEF AND BEAN CURD

Steps:

• 1. Mince or grind beef. Combine cornstarch, soy sauce, sherry and sugar. Add to beef and toss. 2. Cut each bean curd cake in 6 pieces. Separately mince garlic and scallion. 3. Blend colel water, pepper and remaining cornstarch, soy sauce and sugar. 4. Heat oil. Add salt, then garlic, and stir-fry a few times. Add beef and stir-fry until it loses its redness (less than a minute). 5. Stir in stock and heat quickly. Add bean curd and cook, covered, 1 to 2 minutes. 6. Stir in cornstarch mixture to thicken. Serve at once, garnished with minced scallions. VARIATIONS: * For the garlic, substitute 2 slices fresh ginger root, minced. * Omit the cornstarch mixture in step 1. Then in step 5, add with the stock a mixture of 1 tablespoon oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon soy sauce, 1 teaspoon sherry, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and a dash of pepper. Add bean curd and bring mixture to a boil. Pick up step 6. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

TOFU, FRIED, WITH PORK AND BLACK-BEAN SAUCE (PENG'S HOME-STYLE BEAN CURD)

Steps:

• Stir together pork, wine, and salt in a small bowl.
• Cut tofu lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices, then cut each slice crosswise into thirds. Blot tofu pieces between layers of paper towels to absorb excess moisture. Repeat with 1 or 2 changes of dry paper towels.
• Heat 1 cup peanut oil in wok over high heat until thermometer registers 375°F. Cook tofu in 5 or 6 batches, stirring to keep slices from sticking together and turning over as needed, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes per batch. Transfer tofu as fried with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Return oil to 375°F between batches. Carefully transfer oil to a heatproof container to cool (before discarding), then wipe wok clean.
• Reheat wok over high heat until smoking, then add remaining 3 tablespoons peanut oil, swirling to coat wok evenly. Add chiles and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add pork mixture and stir-fry until no longer pink, 1 to 2 minutes, then add black beans and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add stock, tofu, and soy sauce and simmer 3 minutes.
• Stir together potato starch and water in a small bowl, then add to tofu mixture in wok and simmer, stirring until sauce is thickened, about 1 minute. Add scallion greens, stirring until just wilted, then remove from heat and stir in sesame oil. Stir in chile oil to taste.

STIR-FRIED ROAST PORK AND BEAN CURD I

Steps:

• 1. Dice roast pork. Cut bean curd in 1-inch cubes and scallions in 1-inch sections. 2. Blend cornstarch, soy sauce, sherry and salt to a paste. 3. Heat oil. Add pork and scallions and stir-fry 1 minute. Remove from pan. 4. Heat remaining oil. Add bean curd cubes and stir-fry gently, or tilt pan to heat bean curd through (about 1 minute). Remove from pan. 5. Add cornstarch paste and simmer, stirring 1 minute. 6. Return bean curd, roast pork and scallions, stir-frying only to reheat. Serve at once. VARIATION: * Omit step 4. Deep-fry the bean curd cubes until golden instead. The Thousand Recipe Chinese Cookbook. ©1994 by Gloria Bley Miller.

DEEP-FRIED BEAN CURD WITH PORK AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Cut each cake of bean curd into 4 cubes, and deep-fry the pieces in oil, heated to 375 degrees, about 5 minutes, or until golden. (When adding bean curd to hot oil, do so gently, using the lid of the wok as a shield to protect yourself from any spattering oil.) Remove the bean curd, drain, cool, and cut into 1/8-inch julienne strips. Set aside. Cut the pork into similar strips, and mix with the next 5 ingredients. Cut the bamboo shoots, celery and ham into similar strips. Soak mushrooms 15 minutes in warm water, discard the stems and cut into similar julienne strips. Mince garlic. Mix cornstarch solution with the next 3 ingredients.
• Using high heat, heat a wok, add the oil, salt and garlic, and stir-fry 10 seconds.
• Add pork, and stir-fry 2 minutes.
• Add bean curd, bamboo shoots, celery and mushrooms, and stir-fry 10 seconds.
• Add stock, cover and boil 2 minutes.
• Add cornstarch solution, stir until thickened, remove from heat, and serve, garnished with Smithfield ham.

BEEF WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine oyster and soy sauces along with sesame oil, sugar and cornflour in a small bowl.
• Set aside.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the peanut oil in a wok.
• Swirl to coat.
• Add half the beef and stir fry until browned.
• Remove and set aside.
• Repeat with the remaining peanut oil and beef and remove and set aside.
• Add garlic, ginger and chilli to the wok.
• Cook for 30 seconds.
• Add onion and capsicum and stir fry for 1 minute.
• Return the beef to the pan along with the combined sauces.
• Stir to warm through.
• Serve immediately with rice.

ORIENTAL STIR FRY VEGETABLES WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the vegetables.
• Heat the vegetable oil and the sesame oil in a wok.
• Add the garlic and stir fry a minute Add the remaining vegetables except the bean sprouts and add the oyster sauce too.
• Stir fry for 3-4 minutes Add the remaining ingredients including the bean sprouts but excluding the lime juice and stir to mix well for another 2-3 minutes.
• Sprinkle the lime juice and check the seasonings add more if reqd.
• Serve immediately.

STIR-FRIED BEEF WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut the beef into slices 5cm long and 5mm thick, cutting against the grain of the meat. Put them in a bowl. Mix in the soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine or Sherry and cornflour. Leave to marinate for 20 mins.
• Heat a wok until it is very hot, then add the groundnut oil. When it is slightly smoking, add the beef slices and stir-fry for 5 mins or until lightly browned. Remove the meat from the wok and drain well in a colander set inside a bowl. Discard the drained oil.
• Wipe the wok clean and reheat it over a high heat. Add the peppers, and cook for 3-4 mins or until softened. Add the oyster sauce and bring it to a simmer. Return the drained beef slices to the wok and toss them thoroughly with the oyster sauce. Turn the mixture on to a serving platter, top with the spring onions and serve immediately.