Asian Bolognese
- 1 pound ground chicken
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 4 vine tomatoes
- 1/2 pound tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Serving suggestion: Jasmine rice
- Season ground chicken with salt and pepper in a medium sized bowl.
- Set aside.
- Mix together soy sauce, cornstarch and water.
- Carve the tops out of each tomato (the part that connects the tomato to the vine).
- Bring 2 quarts of water to boil.
- While waiting for water to boil, prepare an ice bath.
- Place tofu into a serving dish.
- Heat in microwave for 1 minute.
- Drain off any excess liquid.
- When water boils, place tomatoes into boiling water for 1 minute.
- Place immediately into ice bath.
- Let sit in ice bath for about 2 minutes.
- Remove and peel off skins.
- Then quarter the tomatoes.
- Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in wok.
- Add garlic.
- When garlic starts to brown, add ground chicken.
- Break chicken into small bits with spoon or spatula.
- Cook until chicken begins to brown.
- Remove chicken from wok.
- Return wok back to medium-high heat.
- Add tomatoes.
- When tomatoes start to juice (about 5 minutes), bring chicken back to wok.
- Turn heat to high.
- Make sure wok is as hot as possible and move meat-tomato mixture out to sides of wok forming a donut.
- Give the cornstarch sauce a couple of stirs before pouring it into the donut of the wok.
- Let it sit on the heat for about 10 seconds.
- Sauce should begin to boil and thicken.
- Stir-fry for another minute.
- Pour mixture into serving dish over tofu.
chicken, salt, ground black pepper, soy sauce, cornstarch, cold water, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, suggestion
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/asian-bolognese-recipe.html (may not work)