Buddha's Delight

Name: Buddha's Delight
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g dried lily buds, soaked; 50g dried wood ear mushrooms, soaked; 100g glass noodles, soaked; 200g firm tofu, cubed and fried; 100g fresh shiitake mushrooms; 1 carrot, sliced; 100g snow peas; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp oyster sauce or mushroom sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 1 tsp sugar

A traditional Chinese vegetarian braised dish of tofu, mushrooms and glass noodles. Adding the snow peas only in the final two minutes of cooking is what keeps them bright green and crisp against the softer braised vegetables around them.

Total time

45 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Chinese

veganvegetarian

Ingredients

100gdried lily buds, soaked

50gdried wood ear mushrooms, soaked

100gglass noodles, soaked

200gfirm tofu, cubed and fried

100gfresh shiitake mushrooms

1carrot, sliced

100gsnow peas

2 tbspsoy sauce

1 tbspoyster sauce or mushroom sauce

1 tspsesame oil

2 tbspvegetable oil

1 tspsugar

Instructions

Heat oil in a wok. Add carrot and mushrooms, stir-fry 3 minutes.

Add lily buds, glass noodles and fried tofu.

Add soy, mushroom sauce, sugar and a splash of water.

Add snow peas in last 2 minutes.

Drizzle sesame oil and serve with steamed rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

175

Protein

9.9g

Fat

12.5g

Carbs

7.9g

Fiber

2.4g

Sodium

427mg

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