Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mapo tofu using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
- Get softer tofu (homemade preferable)
- Prepare ground pork
- Get sodium-free stock of choice or water
- Prepare minced garlic
- Take minced ginger
- Make ready doubanjiang (use less if you're not a fan of spice)
- Take sichuan pepper
- Prepare sichuan pepper powdered
- Take oil
- Take dried chilis
- Get scallions chopped for garnish
- Get msg and/or sugar to taste
The ever popular Sichuan Mapo Tofu! If you're a bit on the fence about tofu, this is definitely one of the best 'gateway tofu' dishes. Mapo Tofu can be found in nearly any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes. This dish can also be called the Mapo Doufu.
Steps to make Mapo Tofu:
- Use the softest tofu you are comfortable cooking with. Our homemade tofu would probably be categorized as soft or medium-firm based on the brand. Prep all of your ingredients and cut the tofu into 1 inch cubes. Be sure to give the doubanjiang a pass through with your knife to chop up any whole beans that may be in the paste.
- Heat the oil in a wok and toss in the sichuan peppers and dried chilis. Cook until the peppers have turned brown and the oil is fragrant, less than 5 minutes on medium heat. You can leave the peppers in the dish, but we usually scoop them out and leave behind the oil for a less gritty texture.
- Cook the pork in the oil, making sure to break apart the ground until it's a finer mince, but we usually leave slightly larger chunks since we prefer it that way. Brown the pork until you're satisfied, then toss in the ginger, garlic, and doubanjiang. Stir fry until the aromatics have softened.
- Add in your stock (or water) and tofu. Allow to simmer until the water has reduced and tofu has softened.
- Once the stock has reduced partially, check for taste and season with salt or sugar/MSG accordingly. If there is too much liquid released from the tofu, add slurry of 1 tsp of cornstarch and a tbsp of water to thicken.
- Garnish with scallions. Serve with rice, steamed vegetables, and/or any pickled sides.
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