Szechuan Pork and Tofu
Szechuan Pork and Tofu
Like I’ve said in many of my other Chinese food posts, you must have all your ingredients ready to go before you start cooking. Cooking Chinese food is fast and you don’t have time to prepare your ingredients while you’re cooking or you’ll overcook the dish. 
I realized I hadn’t posted any tofu recipes and since I’m a novice with tofu, I was excited to come up with a few dishes. This one would be awesome with Chinese long string beans on a PV day–or leave out the pork if you’re a vegetarian. I am on a PP day so i left them out. The Chili Paste or Sauce should be easy to find in the Asian section of the grocery store. If not, I highly suggest finding some online–it’s wonderful to cook with! Enjoy.
Chili Paste
SZECHUAN PORK AND TOFU
1 package (16 oz) medium-firm tofu, cut in 1/2-inch cubes
1/2 lb extra lean ground pork or ground sirloin
1 t fresh ginger, minced
2 T chili paste, or to taste
1/2 t Splenda or 1 t Brown Sugar Blend Splenda
3 t low sodium soy sauce
2 green onions, chopped
1 T cornstarch mixed with 2 T water
In a large bowl, let tofu sit covered in boiling water for 15 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup of the liquid, and set both aside. Cook meat in a large skillet until done, about 5 minutes. Add the ginger and desired amount of chili paste. Cook for anoher 3-5 minutes. Add sugar and soy sauce and stir in the tofu carefully. Add the water and bring to boil, simmer another 3-5 minutes. Add the green onion and cornstarch mixture and cook another 3 minutes, or until sauce has thickened a bit.
this was incredible! i eat alot of tofu, and thoroughly enjoyed this dish as did my kids, i served it with rice for the kids, and miracle rice for me. i doubled the sauce recipe too, this will make the “remake list”!
i LOVE this dish. it was my first time with tofu!! can you believe it? i only seemed to order it restaurants. not sure what my problem was. made another dish last night that you’re going to die for too!! will post in a few days. glad you liked it. i’m hooked on tofu right now. stay tuned for plenty more…
as always looking for culinary inspiration from you
thank you for all your hard work!
Thanks, Kim
Just wanted to post a correction to above, this meal will count for a protein only day – tofu is a vegitable protein and allowed in attack phase or protein only day of a Dukan diet. Meal tastes great. I used an onion instead of spring onions (green onions) and just cooked them first in pan to flavour it before cooking meat. Tasted great too. Well done
I have it listed as Pure protein. Does that need to be changed?