Veggie-Packed Buddha's Delight (Lo Han Jai)
Enjoy a hearty nutritious meal with Buddha's delight (罗汉斋). This dish is loaded with different kinds of vegetables, giving you a variety of flavors and textures. It is the ultimate bowl of goodness without the meat, perfect for those looking for a vegetarian, vegan, or meat-free meal.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Soaked wood ear
- Lotus root
- Morchella
- Shiitake mushroom
- Carrots
- Soaked bean curd sticks
- Soaked mung bean noodles
- Adjust the seasonings to taste or according to the amount of vegetables.
- 2 tsp cooking oil
- 3 sliced ginger
- 1 tsp vegetarian oyster sauce or oyster mushroom sauce
- 2 tsp light soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp vegetable or chicken bouillon powder
- Cornstarch slurry (1 tbsp of cornstarch with 2 tbsp of water)
- Chopped green onions
Instructions
- 1
Prepare All The Vegetables
- 2
Soak in water the wood ear, bean curd sticks, shiitake mushroom, and mung bean noodles. These should be soaked until fully rehydrated.
- 3
After soaking, rinse the soaked vegetables thoroughly to remove dirt.
- 4
Then, prepare a pot with water and bring to a slight boil.
- 5
In the pot, add the soaked wood ear, lotus root, morchella, shiitake mushroom, carrots, soaked bean curd sticks, and soaked mung bean noodles.
- 6
Give it a good stir and blanch the vegetables for 30 seconds. Blanching cooks the vegetables just slightly to still have a nice crisp and fresh flavor for stir-frying.
- 7
Remove the vegetables and drain thoroughly with a strainer. Make sure the vegetables are dry before stir-frying.
- 8
Stir-Fry The Vegetables
- 9
Prepare a pan with cooking oil and heat up.
- 10
Once the oil is hot, add the slices of ginger.
- 11
Then, add all the vegetables on high heat. High heat helps evaporate excess moisture.
- 12
Stir-fry the vegetables until tender.
- 13
Next, season with oyster sauce, light soy sauce, salt, sugar, and vegetable or chicken bouillon powder.
- 14
Mix the seasonings well and pour the cornstarch slurry.
- 15
Lastly, add the chopped green onions.
- 16
Stir well and serve with steamed plain or fried rice.