Nama-age to Yasai

(Fried tofu w/ vegetables)

(This recipe appeared in the June 2000 issue of The Light.)

Ingredients:

2 blocks of fried tofu, cut-up (nama-age)
1 or 2 green peppers, cut-up
1 large green onion, sliced
100 g. thinly-sliced pork (komagiri niku)*
1 small thinly-sliced carrot

Shoyu Sauce

1/2 cup shoyu
1 cup sugar (or more to taste)
1 tsp. grated ginger root (tsuchi shoga)
1 clove or garlic, grated, mashed, or chopped (nin niku)

* The pork is usually packaged in neat slices in the market. However, they sell the same thing cheaper if you get the packages that have the messed-up form of the thin-sliced meat. These contain the ends and smaller or broken slices. But they work just as well and are less expensive.

Directions:
Brown the pork in a small amount of oil. Add the vegetables. Flavor with the sauce. Add the tofu and mix gently to flavor everything. Serve with or over rice.