Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, spicy mapo tofu (healthier version). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
This Craft Essence features Mapo Tofu of Fuyuki's Hongzhou Feast Hall: Taishan, the favorite dish of Kotomine Kirei from Fate/Stay Night. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have spicy mapo tofu (healthier version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
- Prepare 1 piece soft silken organic tofu (package)
- Get 3 piece green onion
- Get 1 head garlic
- Prepare 1 piece ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb )
- Take 1 lb ground pork
- Take 2 star anise
- Prepare 1 salt
- Prepare 1 black pepper or white pepper
- Prepare 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- Take 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- Get 1 tbsp garlic chili sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp sirracha
- Make ready 1/2 cup shaoxing rice wine
- Take 1/2 can chicken stock
- Take 2 tbsp avocado oil
- Get 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
- Get 1 tsp chili powder
- Take 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
- Take 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Take 1 bunch cilantro chopped discard stem
- Make ready 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water
- Make ready 10 piece dry red chilis
- Make ready 3 cup white rice
Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who Both of Sichuan chilli bean paste (aka spicy Doubanjiang) and chilli powder contribute to the spiciness. In the authentic version of Mapo tofu, beef or pork mince are used to enhance the flavour. 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.
Steps to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
- Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside.
- Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min
- In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic
- Add in ground pork mixture and brown.
- When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil.
- Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed
- Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro
- Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together
I love cooking mapo tofu for a quick lunch or dinner. Sometimes I double the meat and sauce, so it will be enough to serve two. Mapo tofu is one of the signature dish from Sichuan, China. Silky soft tofu swimming in delicous spicy sauce. Mapo tofu is also a dish that very easy to turning into plant based/vegetarian dish.
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