Mabo Dofu Don
Mabo Dofu Don

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Mabo Tofu (or Mapo Tofu) is one of the very popular Chinese dishes in Japan. Tofu in a garlicky, spicy meat sauce is vey tasty, and it goes very well with Steamed Rice. That may be the reason why Japanese people love the dish so much.

Mabo Dofu Don is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Mabo Dofu Don is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have mabo dofu don using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mabo Dofu Don:
  1. Take 4 servings Freshly Cooked Rice
  2. Take 500 g Tofu *Momen Tofu is preferred
  3. Prepare 250-300 g Pork Mince
  4. Make ready 1 clove Garlic *finely chopped
  5. Prepare 1 small piece Ginger *finely chopped
  6. Get 4 Thick Spring Onions
  7. Get 1 tablespoon Oil
  8. Take <Sauce Ingredients>
  9. Get 1 tablespoon Dark Colour Miso *Red Miso recommended
  10. Get 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  11. Take 1 tablespoon Sugar
  12. Get 2-3 teaspoons Toban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce)
  13. Prepare 2 tablespoons Sake
  14. Take 1 cup Chicken Stock *OR Water 1 cup & Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder 1 teaspoon
  15. Get 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
  16. Get 1 tablespoon Potato Starch

It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, based on douban (fermented broad bean and chili paste) and douchi (fermented black beans), along with minced meat, traditionally beef. Heat a wok or large frying pan until hot. Add the sesame oil, garlic, ginger and green onions and stir. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan Province, where spicy food is king and the signature spice of the region–the Sichuan Peppercorn–gives dishes a unique "numbing" effect.

Steps to make Mabo Dofu Don:
  1. Prepare vegetables. Basically you need to finely chop up everything. Save green part of Spring Onion for the topping. Cut Tofu into bite-size cubes.
  2. Place all the sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well. This has to be done before you start cooking. Cooking process doesn’t take long at all.
  3. Heat Oil in a large frying pan or a wok, cook Pork Mince and vegetables breaking up the mince.
  4. Before you add the sauce mixture into the pan, mix it well again. Then pour in the sauce mixture and bring it to boil and let it thicken.
  5. Add Tofu and gently mix and combine.
  6. Half fill a bowl with freshly cooked rice and cover it with the Mabo Dofu mixture. Sprinkle with the chopped green part of Spring Onion and serve.

It's almost like the Sichuan peppercorns are there to not only add their fragrance and flavor, but also to numb your tongue so it can take more heat! An easy mapo tofu recipe that creates the authentic taste of China. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes. It has a spicy, pungent, and appetizing flavor that goes perfectly with steamed rice. I love cooking mapo tofu for a quick lunch or dinner.

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