Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mapo tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Mapo tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo tofu:
- Make ready 1 block soft or medium soft tofu (cut up into cubes)
- Prepare 2 tbsp corn flour (optional)
- Get 200 g mince beef or pork or chicken
- Take 2 tsp soysauce
- Make ready 2 tsp grated ginger (or ginger powder)
- Take 1 tsp sugar
- Prepare 1 tsp sesame oil
- Take 1 spring onions (finely chopped)
- Prepare 1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
- Make ready 2 tbsp vegetable cooking oil
- Take Ground black pepper
- Prepare 1 tsp spicy Bean paste (optional)
- Make ready 2 tsp chilli oil (can check my recipe)
Mapo tofu needs to be served hot for the best taste. However, since tofu holds heat very well, for In terms of the Mala(麻辣) sensation (the level of hotness and numbness), my Mapo tofu recipe is not. 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.
Instructions to make Mapo tofu:
- Coated your tofu lightly with corn flour then leave them aside. On medium heat non stick pan, add vegetable cooking oil in. Once your oil hot add tofu in and leave them cook for 5 min (don’t try to turn at this point) once you see tofu crisp up at the bottom you can start to turn them over and this is help tofu not get stuck on the pan and come off easily.
- Cook for another 5-8 min on the other side and remove you tofu on a plate lay with kitchen towel.
- Same pan, add garlic, stir well then add mince beef, soysauce, grated ginger, spicy bean paste, sugar and chilli oil.
- Add tofu back in and add some sesame seeds, sprinkle on top with spring onions and stir well. Ps.this is chilli bean paste I use (photo attached)
- Serve with some cooked jasmine rice. It’s so delicious and comforting.
I love cooking mapo tofu for a. I love this recipe as I can enjoy the kick-in-the-tongue sensation and the. What does mapo tofu taste like? Mapo tofu tastes spicy: both conventionally spicy with heat on your tongue, and málà, a numbing kind of spicy that is characteristic of Sichuan food. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà(麻辣) balance of tongue tingling and spicy.
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