My brother-from-another-mother Neil made this for us one night many moons ago and I insisted he give me the recipe so that I could post it here. You can thank me later.

One 8 oz packaged frozen, dried bean curd sheets (may be labelled “Spring Roll Wrappers”…ingredients should only contain soybeans!)
1 2/3 cup veggie stock
1/2 cup soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp sweet rice wine or dry sherry
4 green onions, thinly sliced
1/2″ piece of ginger, sliced thinly
pinch of Chinese five spice powder
oil as needed
prepared Hoisin sauce as needed
prepared plum sauce as needed

Bean curd sheets are large circles folded together into one 12″ x 7″ rectangle. Open up the circles gently and refold along the original fold lines into individual 12″ x 7″ rectangles. Fold each rectangle in half lengthwise and in half again. You will have four 12″ x 3″ packets. Place these side-by-side, seam-side down, in a single layer inside a 9″ x 13″ baking pan.

In a medium saucepan, combine the stock, soy sauce, sugar, rice wine or sherry, sliced green onions, ginger and 5 spice powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Strain the sauce OVER the bean curd, pressing down with a spatula to make sure the sauce is absorbed. Cover and marinate 1 hour at room temperature. (It may look like you don’t have enough sauce, but trust me! We thought it wasn’t enough and doubled the sauce recipe and it turned out WAAAY too strong…)

With large, slotted spatulas, working one at a time, lift each marinated bean curd package onto paper towels to drain. Gently pat with paper towels to remove excess moisture. In a large skillet, heat oil about 2 tsp at a time, over medium high heat. Ease in one bean curd package, seam-side down. Cook, turning once, until brown (about 3 minutes each side). Place on paper towels to blot any excess oil. Repeat with remaining packages.

To serve, slice each rectangle diagonally on cutting board using a sharp knife into 3/4″ to 1″ wide slices. Place on a heated platter and serve with the Hoisin sauce and/or plum sauce.

Serves 4.