Chicken and Tofu in Char Shiu Sauce

A quick cooking and tasty recipe that you can do with your chicken and tofu. Goes well with plain steamed rice or buns.

Ingredients:

½ kg Chicken breast fillets, cut in strips

½ kg Tofu, cut into large rectangular prisms

¼ cup Leeks, minced

5 cloves Garlic, minced

1 pc. Onion, medium, thinly sliced

1 tbsp. Char Shiu sauce

1 tbsp. Cornstarch, for batter

1 tsp. Cornstarch

¼ cup Water (for suspending cornstarch)

1 cup Water

¼ tsp. Black pepper, fresh from pepper mill, ground

1 tbsp. Mirin wine

1/8 tsp. Ginger powder

2 tbsp. Safflower oil

1 pc. Egg, beaten

½ tsp. Iodized salt

Cooking Instruction:

In a bowl, place chicken, egg, black pepper, salt, and 1 tbsp. cornstarch. Mix and fry on hot Teflon coated frying pan with as little oil as possible. Set aside.

In the frying pan used for the chicken, fry the tofu to brown both sides using as little oil as possible. Set aside.

Again on the same frying pan, heat the remaining oil and sauté the garlic and onion until the garlic is golden brown and the onion starts to caramelize. Add the chicken, mirin wine, and water. Heat to start boiling. Lower heat to maintain a gentle boil. Cover and cook for about five minutes.

In a bowl, suspend the cornstarch in water and add char shiu sauce. Mix well and add to the cooking mixture. Add also the leeks and adjust salt to taste. Add freshly ground black pepper as desired and serve with plain steamed rice or buns with your favourite tea.