Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, easy and addictive mapo tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. 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! Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes. Yes, mapo tofu is such a versatile dish!
Easy and Addictive Mapo Tofu is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Easy and Addictive Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook easy and addictive mapo tofu using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy and Addictive Mapo Tofu:
- Prepare 1 block Firm tofu
- Make ready 200 grams Ground pork
- Get 1 Japanese leek
- Take 1 clove Garlic
- Take 1 piece Ginger
- Make ready 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- Take 1 tbsp ★ Soy sauce
- Take 1 tbsp ★ Oyster sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp ★ Miso
- Get 1 tbsp ★ Sake
- Make ready 2 tsp ★ Doubanjiang
- Prepare 1 dash Salt
- Get 1 Pepper
- Take 2 tsp Katakuriko
- Take 1 Sansho pepper powder
We often eat Mapo Tofu as a donburi-style, one-bowl meal for easy. Mapo tofu is a dish that, in many ways, defies classification or explanation. It is, in a sense, rather familiar, appearing on countless The name mapo tofu seems a bit bizarre at first blush - literally translated, it's a truncation of mázi pópo (麻子婆婆), which basically means 'pockmarked old woman.' I'm a mapo tofu super fan - I've had it in Taiwan, China, Singapore, Japan and make it at home regularly. It's also my go to dish whenever we order dinner from our favorite Szechuan spot or eat out in Chinatown.
Steps to make Easy and Addictive Mapo Tofu:
- Peel the garlic and ginger and chop finely. Cut the Japanese leek into 1 cm slices. Combine the ★ ingredients. Make a katakuriko slurry by dissolving katakuriko in water.
- Heat a skillet over low heat, pour in the sesame oil and sauté the garlic and ginger. Once it is fragrant, add the Japanese leek and turn up the heat to medium.
- When the ingredients are well coated with oil, add the ground pork and sprinkle on the salt and pepper. Turn up the heat and sauté the ground pork while loosening the meat with wooden spatula.
- When the meat turns brown, add the ★ flavoring ingredients, tofu and 50 ml of water. Break up the tofu into big pieces with a wooden spatula.
- Once it comes to a boil, turn off the heat and swirl in the katakuriko slurry. Immediately mix the ingredients and simmer over medium heat until thickens.
- Serve it onto a plate and sprinkle some sansho pepper to taste. If you don't have the sansho pepper, black pepper is OK too.
There is something seriously addictive about eating silky tofu cubes coated in a fiery red. Mapo Tofu - Learn how to make flavorful, and delicious Chinese mapo tofu with this easy recipe that you can make at home and better than restaurants. 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. I'm addicted to the magical combination of silky soft tofu and saucy spicy pork.
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