Mapo Tofu
Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. Personally I like to cook this dish at home from time to time especially in cool seasons such as winter and fall. Mapo Tofu can be found in almost any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu using 14 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
  1. Get 2 tbsp chopped ginger
  2. Take 2 tbsp chopped garlic
  3. Make ready 150 g minced pork
  4. Get 2 tbsp chopped leek
  5. Prepare Salt and Pepper
  6. Get 1 packed Tofu
  7. Take 1.5 tbsp corn starch with 1.5 tbsp water
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp sesame oil
  9. Take Chili flakes
  10. Prepare 1 tsp sliced leek
  11. Get For the sauce
  12. Get 150 ml water
  13. Make ready 2 tbsp soy sauce
  14. Get 2 tbsp miso

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. Variations exist with other ingredients such as water. Mapo tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants It is a quickly cooked dish of braised tofu with minced pork (sometimes beef) in a bracing spicy sauce made with fermented black beans and fermented broad bean paste, along with hot red pepper and Sichuan pepper This meatless version with fresh shiitake mushrooms is completely satisfying, and surprisingly easy to make Poach tofu: Slide tofu into a saucepan of simmering water and keep at a bare simmer while stir-frying rest of dish. Stir-fry pork: Heat a wok or large heavy skillet over high heat until hot and.

Instructions to make Mapo Tofu:
  1. In a frying pan - Put the olive oil, the chopped ginger and the garlic with low heat until it smells good.
  2. Add the minced pork and the chopped leek in the frying pan and heat until the pork becomes brown.
  3. Add a pinch of salt and pepper until taste is good.
  4. Cut the Tofu into 1.5cm cube.
  5. Add the Tofu, water, soy sauce and miso in the frying pan and boil for a while.
  6. In a cup - Mix the corn starch and water together.
  7. Turn off the heat of frying pan. Add the corn starch and water in the frying pan little by little and mix.
  8. Taste and adjust with salt. You can add chili flakes.
  9. Add sesame oil and the slice of leek and Enjoy!

There is nothing wrong with this recipe, but be forewarned: It is NOT a recipe for Ma Po Tofu. First of all, Ma Po Tofu's main flavor is the Sichuan peppercorn. This spicy, aromatic Sichuan dish is recognizable from the citrus aroma of Sichuan peppercorns and the spicy fermented flavor of hot bean sauce. 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.

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