Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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. Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. Making the yummiest mapo tofu at home for several bowls of steamed rice.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
- Make ready 1 lb softer tofu (homemade preferable)
- Make ready 1 lb ground pork
- Take 2 c sodium-free stock of choice or water
- Prepare 3 tbsp minced garlic
- Make ready 3 tbsp minced ginger
- Take 3 tbsp doubanjiang (use less if you're not a fan of spice)
- Take 2 tbsp sichuan pepper
- Make ready 1 tsp sichuan pepper powdered
- Prepare 5 tbsp oil
- Make ready 5 dried chilis
- Make ready 2 scallions chopped for garnish
- Take 1 tsp msg and/or sugar to taste
Stir-fry pork: Heat a wok or large heavy skillet over high heat until hot and. Mapo tofu (Chinese: 麻婆豆腐; pinyin: mápó dòufu) is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. 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.
Instructions to make Mapo Tofu:
- Use the softest tofu you are comfortable cooking with. Our homemade tofu would probably be categorized as soft or medium-firm based on the brand. Prep all of your ingredients and cut the tofu into 1 inch cubes. Be sure to give the doubanjiang a pass through with your knife to chop up any whole beans that may be in the paste.
- Heat the oil in a wok and toss in the sichuan peppers and dried chilis. Cook until the peppers have turned brown and the oil is fragrant, less than 5 minutes on medium heat. You can leave the peppers in the dish, but we usually scoop them out and leave behind the oil for a less gritty texture.
- Cook the pork in the oil, making sure to break apart the ground until it's a finer mince, but we usually leave slightly larger chunks since we prefer it that way. Brown the pork until you're satisfied, then toss in the ginger, garlic, and doubanjiang. Stir fry until the aromatics have softened.
- Add in your stock (or water) and tofu. Allow to simmer until the water has reduced and tofu has softened.
- Once the stock has reduced partially, check for taste and season with salt or sugar/MSG accordingly. If there is too much liquid released from the tofu, add slurry of 1 tsp of cornstarch and a tbsp of water to thicken.
- Garnish with scallions. Serve with rice, steamed vegetables, and/or any pickled sides.
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 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. 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! JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation.
So that is going to wrap it up for this exceptional food mapo tofu recipe. Thank you very much for your time. I am sure you can make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to save this page in your browser, and share it to your family, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
