Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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.
Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mapo tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
- Prepare 200 gms minced pork
- Get 450 gms silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes
- Make ready 2/3 cup chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water
- Prepare 1 tsp corn starch
- Prepare 3 tbsp ginger minced
- Get 3 tbsp garlic minced
- Take 6-8 dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes
- Make ready 1 tsp sichuan pepper coarsely ground
- Make ready 1/4 tsp sugar
- Take 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- Take 2-3 tbsp oil depending on the fattiness in pork
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. Poach tofu: Slide tofu into a saucepan of simmering water and keep at a bare simmer while stir-frying rest of dish.
Steps to make Mapo Tofu:
- Heat oil in your wok over medium heat. Add your ground Sichuan peppercorns and stir occasionally for 30 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic, chillies fry until aromatic about 1-2 minute, then turn heat to high and add the ground pork. Break up the meat and fry it until it’s cooked through. add broth/water and let it come to a boil; turn heat to medium and let it continue to simmer. Meanwhile in 1/4cup of water add corn starch and mix thoroughly. Now add cornstarch mixture to the broth and stir.
- Let it continue to simmer and thicken slightly. Once slightly thick, add tofu, give a light stir, let it continue to cook for about 5 minutes, now stir in sesame oil and sugar, turn heat off, garnish with green onions and coriander and serve with a steaming hot bowl of boiled rice.
Stir-fry pork: Heat a wok or large heavy skillet over high heat until hot and. Even if you're not keen on tofu, give this mapo tofu a go. It's hot and really strongly flavoured thanks to chilli bean paste, fermented black beans and more Mapo Tofu is a classic Szechuan dish that features tofu covered in spices and minced meat. It pairs extremely well with rice, and may even be necessary with how spicy it can get. The name literally translates to "pockmarked old lady tofu", inspired by the old lady that made this dish.
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