Red-Cooked Vegetarian Wheat Gluten

Name: Red-Cooked Vegetarian Wheat Gluten (紅燒素麵筋)
Yield: Serves as a vegetable dish 2 to 4; more as an hors d’oeuvre on an assorted platter.
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons oil; 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce; 1 tablespoon dry sherry; ½ teaspoon sugar; 24 pieces boiled gluten; ½ cup sliced bamboo shoots; ¾ cup mushroom-soaking liquid; 12 small dried black Chinese mushrooms (presoaked); 1 cup hot water; 1 tablespoon sesame oil

紅燒素麵筋

Preparation info

Serves as a vegetable dish
2 to 4
.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Key to Chinese Cooking

By Irene Kuo

Published 1977

About

The mellow flavor of the red-cooking ingredients permeates the soft gluten. This red-cooked dish is also excellent cold.

Ingredients

24 pieces boiled gluten
½ cup sliced bamboo shoots
12

Asia
China
Starter
Side dish
Vegan

Method

Drain the boiled gluten. Rinse and drain the sliced bamboo shoots. Pour 1 cup hot water over the mushrooms and soak for 1 hour. Squeeze them over the soaking bowl and reserve the liquid. Rinse the mushrooms briefly, squeeze dry, and destem. Cut the caps into ½