Vegetable Smoked Tofu Salad with Soy-Maple Dressing

• 4 each tofu smoked, 4 ounces
• 4 cups mung bean sprouts
• 1 each carrots peeled and slice into matchsticks
• 4 each cloud ear black fungus
• 1 each english cucumber slice into match sticks
• 1 each green bell peppers thinly sliced into strips
• 1/2 cup cilantro freshly chopped
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce, tamari or to taste
• 1 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil or to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil, extra-virgin
• 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup or to taste
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes or to taste, optional
• 1 clove garlic freshly minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger peeled and freshly grated
• 3 each scallions, spring or green onions thinly sliced

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil to blanch the vegetables and tofu sheet.
2. Add bean sprouts into boiling water, blanch for 30 seconds, remove and rinse under cold running water.
3. Drain well and place into the large mixing bowl with the tofu sheet strips.
4. Add carrots into the boiling water, blanch for 3 minutes, remove and rinse under cold running water.
5. Drain well and place into the large mixing bowl with bean sprouts.
6. Add the cucumber, green bell pepper, and cilantro into the bowl as well.
7. In a small bowl, whisk together all the dressing ingredients until well blended.
8. Pour over the salad, and toss gently with your hands, chopsticks or wooden spatula until well coated and mixed.
9. Season to taste with more soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and red pepper flakes.
10. Serve or put in an air-tight container and keep in the refrigerator until ready to use.
11. Note: Blanching these veggies will kill all the bacterias that can cause food poisoning, and also get rid of some of the bitterness from the raw veggies.
12. In Chinese cuisine, blanching has been used a lot in daily cooking.

mung bean sprouts, carrots, cloud ear black, match, green bell peppers, cilantro freshly, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, olive oil, maple syrup, red pepper, clove garlic, ginger, scallions

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/vegetable-smoked-tofu-salad-soy-53312 (may not work)