5 Recipes To Make Vegetarian Chinese Food

Use these basic recipes for oriental cooking to prepare 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food. Vegetables are the mainstay of Chinese cooking. Substitute the meat in any recipe to make Chinese food with tofu if you're a vegan. Slice all ingredients to the same size, with the exception of garlic and ginger. One inch chunks or strips that are one inch by 2 inches and 1/2 inch thick are a size that will cook quickly. Have everything ready to go.

• Green, red, yellow sweet peppers
• Onions
• Tofu
• Raman noodles
• Soy sauce
• Spicy cooking oil
• Mushrooms, carrots, scallions, and sliced water chestnuts
• Broccoli
• Cashews
• Vegetable broth
• Corn starch
• Bean sprouts
• Eggs
• Hoisin sauce
• Moo shu shells or flour tortillas
• Cooking oil
• Wok
• Knife
• Spatulas

1. Make sweet and sour peppers with tofu. Stir fry the green, yellow and red sweet peppers with the onions until crisp but tender about 3 minutes. Add one inch cubes of tofu and heat through for 20 seconds. Add the purchased sweet and sour sauce. Serve with noodles to soak up the sauce. Sweet and sour peppers with tofu is the first of the 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food.
2. Cook spicy Raman noodles. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Add 1 Tbsp of soy sauce and up to 1 Tbsp of spicy cooking oil or 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper. Add sliced mushrooms, shredded carrots, scallions and sliced water chestnuts. Simmer for five minutes. Break up the package of Raman noodles. Add to the broth and simmer for an additional three minutes. If you really want the heat factor through the roof add a chopped jalapeno pepper. Spicy Raman noodles is the second of the 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food.
3. Stir fry crispy broccoli and cashews. Slice broccoli crosswise into thin slices. Stir fry until the broccoli is brown and crisp. It probably won't take more than three minutes. Add 1/2 cup of vegetable broth to which you've added 1/2 tsp of corn starch and one minced garlic clove. Plate the dish, then sprinkle with cashew nuts. Serve with white rice. Crispy broccoli and cashews is the third of the 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food.
4. Fry egg foo yung. Whisk two eggs with 1/2 tsp soy sauce. Saute 1 cup of fresh bean sprouts and 1/4 cup of scallions for 2 minutes. Add the eggs over the bean sprouts. Flip to the other side when the first side is brown. Egg foo yung is the fourth of the 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food.
5. Try Moo shu no pork. Slice a variety of vegetables matchstick thin. Stir fry. Spread purchased hoisin sauce on a moo shu shell or flour tortilla, add the vegetables and roll up burrito style. Moo shu no pork is the last of the 5 recipes to make vegetarian Chinese food.