Tofu with Green Onion

Today's dish is very easy to make, healthy and looks pretty. Because of the simple ingredients in this dish, a good silken/soft tofu is a key to this dish. Oh, did I mention this dish looks pretty?


Serves 2

Prep time: 3 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes

Ingredients:
1 silk/soft tofu, cut into 1 inch cubes
3 teaspoon salt
4 green onions, thinly sliced
2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon vegetable oil


Tips:

1. The amount of salt and oil can be varied based on your taste/preference.
2. Pour the hot vegetable oil over the scallion will actually cook them a little bit, which brings out more of their fragrance.
   
   

Instruction:

1. In a small stock pot, boil 4 cups of water, add a teaspoon salt after water boils. Add in tofu and turn off heat, let it sit for couple minutes.
2. Drain the tofu, put it into a serving tray, sprinkle salt over it, then sprinkle green onion slices over it. Lastly, sprinkle the sesame oil.
   
3. Heat vegetable oil in a pan, when smoking, pour it over the scallion and tofu. Then serve.
   

Corn with Bell Pepper

This is a light recipe that is easy to make. The yellow corn is combined with red and green bell peppers to display a very colorful dish. This recipe comes from Beijing chef Xu's website.

Corn with Bell Pepper

Serves 2

Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
15oz can whole kernel corn, drained
1 small green bell pepper, seeds taken out, finely diced to match the corn size
1 small red bell pepper, seeds taken out, finely diced to match the corn size
1 tablespoon of butter
2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chicken stock or water
1 tablespoon corn starch mixed with 1 tablespoon and 2 teaspoon water

Tips:

1. Cut the bell pepper into the same size as corn will make the dish look more uniformed

Instruction:

1. In a wok or saute pan, heat butter over high heat until melted
2. Add in the corn, stir fry until corn release its fragrance, about 3 minutes
3. Add salt and stock, the stock should be covering the corn
4. Put on a lid, and cook until stock boils, then turn to low heat and simmer for 1 minute
5. Mix in the bell peppers, cook over high heat for couple minutes
6. Mix in the corn starch mixture to let the sauce thicken, and serve