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Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. 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.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have chinese mapo tofu (sichuan cuisine) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Cuisine):
- Make ready 300 g tofu (1 box)
- Make ready 100 g ground pork (or beef, chicken)
- Prepare 1 green onion
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp garlic (minced)
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp ginger (minced)
- Get For braising
- Make ready 1/3 tsp Sichuan peppercorns powder
- Prepare 1/8 tsp chinese five spices powder
- Make ready 1/8 tsp white pepper
- Get 1 tbsp doubanjiang (chilli bean sauce)
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
- Get 1 tbsp corn starch
- Get 2 tbsp water (mix with corn starch)
- Make ready 1/2 cup water
- Make ready 1 tsp sugar
- Get 1 tsp sesame oil
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Steps to make Chinese Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Cuisine):
- Cut tofu into 2cm cubes. Slice green onion into small pieces, separate white part and green part. Mince garlic and ginger.
- Mix 1 tbsp corn starch and 2 tbsp water.
- Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil, add ground pork, stir fry for a while, then add garlic, ginger and half of 1/3 tsp Sichuan peppercorns powder, 1/8 tsp chinese five spices powder, 1 tbsp doubanjiang (chilli bean sauce), sugar, white part of green onion, stir fry for 1 minute.
- Pour 1/2 cup of water in, add tofu, gently push tofu with spatula, then cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
- Mix cornstarch water, swirl it into the wok, gently stir till sauce thickens. Before serving, add pinch of Sichuan peppercorns powder, pinch of white peppers, add green part of green onion, 1 tsp sesame oil. Then transfer to a serving plate or bowl.
- Serve with steamed rice.
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Mapo tofu is a combination of tender tofu and spicy chili-and-bean-based sauce, sprinkled with minced meat, usually pork or beef, and topped with some chopped scallion pieces. Mapo Tofu can be found in nearly any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes. This dish can also be called the Mapo Doufu. 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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