Mu Shu Chicken and Marinated tofu on the side

This one's great for lunch.  Making tortillas from scratch sounds hard but it is actually very simple and easy.

*Chinese Tacos

Ingredients
Yield: 2 tacos
1           chicken thigh
2 tsp      soy sauce
1 tsp      sugar
1 tsp      mirin
handful   spinach
hot sauce to taste

for Chinese tortillas
25g        flour
25g        whole wheat bread flour
40ml      hot water
1 tsp      canola oil

1) preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2) in a large bowl, mix together flour, whole wheat bread flour, hot water, and canola oil.  Use hands to make the dough.  Make it into a big ball and let it sit for about 15 minutes.
3) in a bowl, mix together say sauce, sugar, mirin.  marinate chicken in the sauce for about 15 minutes, and bake it in the oven for about 20 minutes or until it is cooked.
4) separate the tortilla dough into half and flatten the dough with a rolling pin.
5) over medium heat, in a skillet, fry the tortillas (1 minute on each side)
6) put chicken, spinach, and hot sauce into tortillas and serve it with marinated tofu.


*Marinated Tofu

Ingredients
Yield: 2 servings

for the marinade
2 tbs       sesame oil
2.5 tbs     rice vinegar
0.5 tbs     sugar
1.5 tbs     soy sauce
2 cloves   garlic
pinch of salt
crushed red pepper to taste

1/2 block  tofu, diced
1/2          carrot, minced
optional:  finely shredded cabbage, 1 small minced bell pepper

1) make the marinade.
2) put all the ingredients into the marinade and let it sit about 2 hours.

Gochisousama!

Saeko