Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, mapu tofu #chinesecooking. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants! 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.
Mapu tofu #chinesecooking is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mapu tofu #chinesecooking is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mapu tofu #chinesecooking using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mapu tofu #chinesecooking:
- Take Sauce
- Prepare 1 tablespoon fermented black beans (or blackbean sauce)
- Prepare 1 cup chicken/veg stock
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp chili bean paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
- Prepare 1 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1 tbsp sugar
- Take 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan pepper
- Prepare Other ingredients
- Make ready 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- Make ready Half small pack ground pork or beef
- Take 2 leeks, white parts only, thinly sliced at an angle
- Take 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 tsp minced ginger
- Take 1 block soft or medium-firm tofu drained and cut into 1-inch
- Get 1 tbsp cornflour, dissolved in 2-3 tbsp water
- Take 1-2 spring onion, green part only, chopped for garnish
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Instructions to make Mapu tofu #chinesecooking:
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- Prepare the sauce: Rinse the black beans to remove any grit. In a small bowl, mash the black beans with the back of a spoon. Combine the black beans with the chicken stock, chili bean paste, rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and Sichuan pepper. Set aside.
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- Heat a wok or large pan or wok over high heat. Add the cooking oil and swirl to coat the base. Add the pork and stir-fry until crispy and starting to brown but not yet dry, about 2 minutes, breaking up the pork with a spatula. Reduce the heat to medium, then add leeks, garlic, and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute.
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- Pour in the sauce and bring the liquid to a boil, the reduce to a simmer. The liquid should now have a nice red color. Gently add the tofu cubes, being careful to not move them around too much or else they will break up. Allow the sauce to simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes so the tofu can cook and absorb the the sauce.
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- Carefully push the tofu to the sides and create a small well in the middle. Stir in the cornflour mixture in the center. Allow the liquid to simmer for another minute, until the sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Transfer to a deep plate or wide bowl, sprinkle spring onion on top, and serve hot with steamed rice.
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. Legendary Mapo Tofu Recipe, CiCi Li - Asian Home Cooking Recipes. The story has a happy ending, because her Mapo Tofu became famous through word of mouth!
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