Buddha's Delight

• 1 cup vegetable oil for deep-frying
• 1 teaspoon monosodium glutamate optional
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce, dark
• 2 tablespoons sherry medium
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 Sq. bean curd fermented
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil
• 4 each lily buds, dried
• 4 each fungus wood ear, black
• 6 each mushrooms black
• 2 each bean curd sticks
• 1/2 cup bamboo shoots optional, dried
• 2 ounces bean thread noodles
• 2 cups mung bean sprouts
• 2 Stalks celery
• 2 medium carrots
• 1 each sweet red bell peppers
• 1 each turnip white
• 2 Leaves napa (Chinese) cabbage
• 1/2 cup ginkgo nuts canned
• 1/2 cup baby corn canned
• 2 Cakes bean curd preseed

1. Preparation: Rinse, then soak dried ingredients in warm water: soak bean curd sticks overnight; soak rest about 1 hour.
2. Cut bean curd sticks and lily buds into 2" sections.
3. Remove hard stems from wood ears, and slice thinly.
4. Remove stems from black mushrooms (reserve for stock pot); halve the caps.
5. Cut thin strands of bamboo shoots into 2" lengths.
6. Cut soaked bean thread noodles into 3" pieces.
7. Wash and blanch bean sprouts, celery and pepper.
8. Slice celery, pepper, carrots, turnip and cabbage into 2" long pencil-size pieces.
9. Halve baby corn on the bias.
10. Slice pressed bean curd same size as vegetables.
11. Deep-fry in shallow oil until slightly tan but still pliable.
12. Drain.
13. Mash fermented bean curd, then blend with sugar, dark soy, sherry and water.
14. Stir-frying: Heat wok until medium-hot.
15. Add 4 tablespoons of deep-frying oil.
16. Add all dry ingredients, except noodles; stir-fry 1 minute.
17. Turn wok to high.
18. Add fresh and canned ingredients, and stir-fry for 2 more minutes: sprinkle in salt after first minute.
19. Add liquid mixture, mixing with juices in pan.
20. Add noodles.
21. Reduce heat to medium, cover wok, and steam for 5 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked but still firm.
22. Uncover, sprinkle in MSG and sesame oil.
23. Toss briefly.
24. Serve in a warm bowl.

vegetable oil, glutamate optional, soy sauce, sherry medium, water, sq, salt, sugar, sesame oil, lily buds, fungus wood, mushrooms black, curd sticks, bamboo shoots, noodles, bean sprouts, stalks celery, carrots, sweet red bell peppers, white, cabbage, nuts, corn, cakes bean curd preseed

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/buddhas-delight-40141 (may not work)