Stir-Fried Chive Stems

Name: Stir-Fried Chive Stems
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 2.5 ml/½ tsp ground black pepper; 15 ml/1 tbsp sesame oil; 450 g/1 lb Chinese chives, cut into 5 cm/2 in lengths; 30 ml/2 tbsp light soy sauce; 30 ml/2 tbsp groundnut/peanut oil; 200 g/7 oz firm tofu

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

China

By Terry Tan

Published 2020

About

Garlic stems, also called Chinese chives or garlic chives, are quite different from common chives, being thicker and juicier, rather like green beans, and tipped with small pale green heads. The chives have a pronounced green onion and garlic flavour, so there is no need to add garlic here.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz firm tofu
30 ml/2

Asia
China
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Cut the tofu into four squares and again into thin slices, each about 5 mm/¼ in thick.
Heat the oil in a wok over a high heat. Add the tofu and fry for 1 minute, or until