Broccoli Slaw Salad with Five-Spice Tofu

Here is another recipe that I adapted from Vegetarian Times. I love it for being so filling, flavorful and healthy, plus it brought new flavors and ingredients into my kitchen!

Dressing

2T sesame oil

2T Black Vingear* (Chinese vinegar made from grain not grapes!)

1t sriracha (immensely popular chile-garlic sauce)

1t brown sugar (Veg Times suggested white sugar (whatever.))

Salad

1lb broccoli sliced thin

1 red bell pepper sliced thin

1-2 shredded carrots

cilantro

green onion

walnuts

sesame seeds

5-Spice Tofu* but into matchsticks

Veg Times suggested using a 1lb bag of broccoli slaw, but at the store this products looked very dryed out, so I opted for very fresh broccoli!

--Also, the shredded carrot, walnuts and sesame seeds were my addition, they called for roasted peanuts.

*I have never seen Five Spice tofu before. Even at Chinese markets. So I bought firm tofu, sliced it thin, and rolled it in Chinese Five Spice.

Five Spice- encompasses all five flavors of sweet sour bitter pungent and salty. Most commonly includes: star anise, cinnamon, cloves, Sichuan pepper, and fennel seeds.

Black Vinegar- http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-black-vinegar.htm

I found a bottle for about 2$ at a Chinese market, it is sweet, malty and wonderful.