Name: Chinese Leaves with Spiced Tofu
Yield: A Side Dish for 6 or So
Ingredients: 4 garlic cloves, crushed; big handful of fresh sweet basil; salt; 1 pert-looking head Chinese leaves (Chinese cabbage); 1 tbsp mirin (or other strong sweet wine); 1 large carrot, grated; 4 tbsp silken tofu; 2 tbsp peanut oil (or use oil mixed with 1 tsp peanut butter); 1 tbsp white miso; 1 tbsp rice vinegar; 2 cm/¾ in.knob fresh ginger, peeled and minced

Preparation info

A Side Dish for
6
or So

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Salmagundi

By Sally Butcher

Published 2014

About

Nice and simple, this. Just one ingredient smothered in a yippee-kay-yay kind of dressing. Just in case you live somewhere more exotic than London’s home counties, Chinese leaves are also known as Napa or Chinese cabbage.

Ingredients

1 pert-looking head Chinese leaves (Chinese cabbage)
4 tbsp silken tofu
1 large

Side dish
Raw
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Shred the Chinese leaves on to your finest willow pattern platter.

Blend the rest of the ingredients, seasoning to taste, and serve in a bowl in the middle of the leaves. Regale your guests with the tale of the plate’s star-crossed lovers as they emerge from beneath the salad...

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