Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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 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 is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mapo tofu using 17 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
- Get Soft Tofu
- Make ready Salt
- Prepare Water
- Make ready Minced Pork
- Take Chili Bean Paste
- Prepare Chili Powder
- Get Sichuan Peppercorn
- Get Sugar
- Get Light Soy Sauce
- Prepare Rice Wine
- Take Dark Vinegar
- Take Sesame Oil
- Prepare Chicken Stock
- Make ready Cornstarch
- Make ready Canola Oil
- Make ready Garlic
- Take Green Onion
This dish is Szechuan in its roots but is enjoyed around the world. It is a humble, comfort food kind of dish - a spicy, easy-to-eat mixture of ground pork, tofu, chili sauce and garlic and ginger. It comes together in minutes, so makes for a fast weekday meal. 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 Mapo Tofu is a classic Szechuan dish that features tofu covered in spices and minced meat.
Instructions to make Mapo Tofu:
- Boil tofu in water add salt and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain water set aside tofu.
- Fry the minced pork until golden brown color is achieved.
- Add the garlic cook for 5 minutes
- Add chili bean paste cook until the oil turn red.
- Add cayenne pepper
- Dissolve stock cubes in water. Add the stock to the pan.
- Add tofu
- Simmer until water is reduced.
- Add rice wine and light soy sauce. Stir.
- Dissolve cornstrach in water. Add to the pan until the sauce slightly thicker.
- Add sichuan peppercorn & dark vinegar.
- Stir, turn off heat
- Add sesame oil, stir.
- Garnish with green onion
- Serve it hot.
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. 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. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes.
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