Simple Stir Fry

I had a hankerin' for something a little sweet and a little spicy for lunch today, so I decided to look around my kitchen to see what I had.  At the end of the day, I came up with this very tasty stir fry...

If you have to do some shopping, you will want to pick up a package of firm tofu (or extra firm), some bean sprouts, a medium onion, some snap peas, garlic, fresh ginger and a couple chili peppers, which are selected based on taste/heat desires.  For this stir fry, I like to use a hotter pepper such as a thai green chilies or some Serrano peppers.  If you don't have it on hand, you'll also want some dry sherry, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, tobasco, brown sugar and some of your preferred stock (beef, chicken or vegetable).

So, drain and dry that tofu, cube it up and put it into a wok in some sesame and/or olive oil to fry it up a bit.  While that is going, mince up a few cloves of garlic and some of that ginger and put it into a little pile off to the side.  Now, chop up the peppers (remove seeds to reduce heat) and then coarsely chop the onion up.

Once the tofu starts to brown a bit, or when you lose your patience, throw in that garlic and ginger and stir everything up until it is fragrant, usually 30 seconds or so.  Toss in the onions and the chilies and cook that shit up until the onions are tender.

Now, lets sauce this baby up.  splash in some of that sherry and soy sauce, plus a healthy pinch of the brown sugar, a couple shakes of tobasco and a couple good sprinkles of the vinegar.  Then throw in about 1/4 cup of your stock and stir everything up really good.  Give it a taste, adjust sauce ingredients as required.  Throw in the snap peas and sprouts, heat everything up until hot.

So, now you have this awesome stir fry.  Serve it up over some rice or noodles (try it with soba noodles, it's good).  Enjoy.