Ingredients:
1 firm Aloha Tofu
1/2 pound pork
4 dried Shiitake mushrooms
1/4 bunch of green onion
1 clove of garlic, sliced
1 teaspoon Tobanjan (Chinese fermented seasoning primarily made of soy beans)
1-1/2 cups dashi jiru
1 tablespoon shoyu
2 tablespoons sake
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons oyster sauce
1 teaspoon sesame oil
Preparation:
Slice pork, add 1 tablespoon shoyu and 2 teaspoons ginger juice and mix. Soak mushrooms in water to soften then cut into bite size pieces.
Drain tofu well. Cut tofu into cubes. In pan, add cooking oil and fry tofu over high heat. Put fried tofu on a plate on the side.
In pan, add cooking oil and cook pork well. Add sliced garlic and Tobanjan and cook. Add dashi jiru, shoyu, sake, sugar, oyster sauce and shiitake mushrooms and cook on low heat for 20 minutes. Add fried tofu. Mix 1 tablespoon potato starch and 1 tablespoon water together and add mixture to liquid in pan to thicken sauce.
