YUREN ESSAY 


 
 Lazy Cooking

Chen Su

I hate cooking. But sometimes you just have to cook, say, when your significant other(s) is not around and you have no mood to go to a restaurant yet still not down enough to a McDonald again. I tried to figure out some ways to cook a decent meal as fast as one can. Most of the time it is a disaster. But there is a God, isn't it? After all kinds of mess, I have some really big hits. And here is one of my favorites.  

Materials:   

  • One cube of Tofu
  • Five pieces of large snow-white mushroom
  • A bottle of Ragu pasta source (any variety except light-style, I don't like fat-frees) 
  • Some green onion
  • Salt, soy source, vegetable oil
  • Four large eggs
Methods:   
  • Beat eggs until foam appears; Add a little salt to egg fluids;
  • In a large frying pan, add a little veggie oil and pour egg fluids into it when oil is hot;
  • When the eggs become not so liquidy, remove them from pan (do not overcook!);
  • Wash the pan and dry it using paper towel; add a little oil; slice mushroom; when oil is hot, add mushroom to the pan;
  • Add small amount of salt and soy source and Sauté mushroom;
  • Meanwhile cut Tofu into tiny cubes; pour half bottle of pasta source into pan with cubed Tofu; simmer for three minutes.
  • Remove the pan from oven and add eggs into it. Cut the eggs into small pieces in the pan using a wooden or plastic spoon; stir the dish so that egg pieces get mixed with the rest of materials; Add minced green onion as needed.
And it is done! You can pour this dish onto a plate of drained spaghetti, or have it with rice.  

Serving size: four to two, depending on your appetite.