We are on a plant based diet.. And when I say diet, i mean, it's our diet, not a diet. Our diet does not include alcohol.. We will change that soon and maybe some shellfish in a couple of weeks but, plants for now.
Well, plants and cubes of this stuff. I know, considering that beautiful pizza above, this grey block is a hard sell.. Firm tofu, hand pressed to drain, then set on a rack for the day.
Made a chile oil with those red dried chile peppers at you see with general tso chicken.. Tianjin peppers, one serano sliced mixed with hot oil.. Browned the peppers and then let it cool..
In hot oil I added freshly ground sichuan peppercorns, then a little later ginger, garlic, then the sliced mushrooms, broccoli tops, (the large thick steams I cubed in large cubes and boiled in salt water before adding to the broccoli tops) some spicy bean paste, sugar, shaoshing cooking wine, that tiajin chile oil, a little sesame oil, corn starch, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Made a side of basmatic rice with a little ginger, salt and white pepper in it.
This was really good, i will eat this again.
