Friday, April 24, 2020

P.F. Chang's sauce in a tofu stir fry

If you like stir fry meals that are a snap to prepare - this is one you will want to copy.  This is from before, remember the before times when you could grocery shop without a mask and there was plenty of everything?  Yeah, those times.

 With one skillet, or a wok if you have one, you simply tip the bag of stir fry veggies in a pan with some sesame oil. Don't forget to put on a pot of rice before you start as this goes a treat on a bed of plump broth cooked rice.

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 We couldn't find any medium or firm tofu so used this silken variety. It definitely has a different texture which would be more suited to smoothies or soup.  However, all was not lost here. The texture once cooked with the vegetables is more like scrambled eggs.

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 The P.F. Chang's Sesame sauce gave this stir fry a great taste, not too kicky, a good flavor in my opinion. The pot stickers here were the last bag we had from Trader Joe's. They could be a meal on their own, dipped in Tamari or soy sauce.

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 We made another stir fry since this one and I have some decent photos but....I have just acquired a new tablet and am learning all the features. So, more on that later.

  Sharing with Beth Fish Reads Weekend Cooking event.





23 comments:

  1. I believe that my freezer also still has one bag (or maybe a half bag) of TJ's pot stickers. A trip to the Asian market for condiments last February also enriched my possibilities during this long no-shopping time. So I should be able to make something like your dish -- looks like a good idea. I'd have to substitute meat for the tofu.

    be well... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Mae, I think chicken would be a good addition. We just stocked up on fresh veggies our last grocery trip.

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  2. Looks like you and I were on the same page with this week's post. I made a Mongolian sauce for tofu. I'll have to look for the bottle of PF Changs. Thanks.. Have a safe week.

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    1. Hope you are do UK NBA well, Judee. Mmmm.....Mongolian sauce.

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  3. This looks scrumptious! I'll have to add pot stickers to my list for Trader Joe's. And a new tablet! Sounds exciting and a good diversion for whiling some socially distanced hours.

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    1. I'm loving the new tablet, it is my first android in a long time.

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  4. I usually make my own pot stickers, but I haven't thought to put wrappers on my grocery list. I didn't know Trader Joe's sells them . . . Next time we brave the world, I'll have to look for htem.

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    1. You know, I just never thought about making my own! I'd like to try that.

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  5. Looks delicious! I have not seen the PF Chang's sauce--I need to look for it! ;-)

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  6. I'll have to look out for that sauce. Stay safe Cheers

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    1. It's very good, Carole. I also bought a teriyaki sauce but haven't tried it yet.

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  7. Tofu keeps a long time so when I stick up uts a great resource.

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  8. I was just thinking that it might be time to make our own dumplings again. We haven't done that for a while.

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    1. I definitely want to try and make my own dumplings one day. Can't beieve I never tried it.

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  9. Yes, dumplings! When I was digging through my cupboard looking for the chocolate molds, Graham Kerr dumpling makers were uncovered! The only really naughty thing I've done this crisis was to get Chinese take-out. Ha ha. No organically grown food in that, but we can do it ourselves, and better.

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    1. Oh my, I havent heard the name Graham Kerr is ages. I remember my mother watching his show and I always fould him entertaining. I would love Chinese takeout but so far we are sticking to what we can toss together. Love those dunplings.

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  10. We got takeout from this little Asian bistro last night and they didn't have their pan seared dumplings. I was DEVASTATED. I made do but I'm still not happy. May have to see what they have at the store to help get past it.

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    1. Katherine, the Trader Joe brand is pretty good. We could make a meal of those. Don't you hate that when you have looked forward to a particular dish and they are out. Last time we bought Chinese they were actually out of eggrolls and spring rolls. Ugh.

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  11. I love potstickers but it's hard to find gluten-free ones. I discovered the hard way that silken tofu didn't cut into nice cubes like regular tofu does, but it tastes just as good!

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    1. Laurie, we didn't know abouot the texture for Silken but yeah...it worked out. We liked it all the same. Recently we were able to score some extra firm tofu - yea!

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