Fun See Vegetables

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Title: FUN SEE VEGETABLES
Categories: Main dish
Yield: 5 servings

6 md Dried black mushrooms
2 oz Cellophane noodles (bean
-thread)
1/2 oz Tiger lily buds
4 lg Stalks bok choy
4 oz Chinese pea pods
4 oz Block firm tofu
2 Green onions (with tops)
5 tb Vegetable oil
1 ts Finely chopped ginger root
1 ts Salt
1/2 c Sliced canned bamboo
-shoots,
-drained
1/2 c Sliced water chestnuts,
-drained
1/2 c Water
2 tb Dark soy sauce
1/2 ts Sesame oil
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Cellophane noodles are transparent noodles that cook
into a silvery spaghetti and are given crunch with
water chestnuts and Chinese pea pods.

Soak mushrooms in hot water 20 minutes or until soft.
Drain. Rinse in warm water. Drain. Squeeze out excess
moisture. Remove and discard stems. Cut caps into
1/2-inch pieces. Soak noodles in warm water 5 minutes.
Drain. Cut noodles into 4-inch pieces. Soak tiger lily
buds in warm water about 5 minutes or until soft.
Drain. Remove and discard tips. Cut bok choy stems
(with leaves) diagonally into 1/2-inch slices. Remove
strings from pea pods. Place pea pods in boiling
water. Cover and cook 1 minute. Drain. Immediately
rinse in cold water. Drain. Cut tofu into halves and
cut each half into 1/4-inch slices. Cut green onions
diagonally into 2-inch pieces. Heat wok or large heavy
skillet until very hot. Add 2 tablespoons vegetable
oil and tilt wok to coat side. Add tofu and stir-fry
carefully 1 minute. Remove tofu from wok. Wash and
thoroughly dry wok. Heat wok until very hot. Add 3
tablespoons vegetable oil and tilt wok to coat side.
Add mushrooms, tiger lily buds, bok choy, ginger root
and salt. Stir-fry 1 minute. Add bamboo shoots and
water chestnuts. Stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in water and
heat to boiling. Add noodles and pea pods. Cook and
stir 30 seconds. Add tofu, green onions and soy sauce.
Cook and stir 30 seconds. Stir in sesame oil.

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