Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
- Make ready 200 gms minced pork
- Take 450 gms silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes
- Take 2/3 cup chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water
- Get 1 tsp corn starch
- Prepare 3 tbsp ginger minced
- Get 3 tbsp garlic minced
- Get 6-8 dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes
- Make ready 1 tsp sichuan pepper coarsely ground
- Make ready 1/4 tsp sugar
- Take 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp oil depending on the fattiness in pork
Instructions to make Mapo Tofu:
- Heat oil in your wok over medium heat. Add your ground Sichuan peppercorns and stir occasionally for 30 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic, chillies fry until aromatic about 1-2 minute, then turn heat to high and add the ground pork. Break up the meat and fry it until it’s cooked through. add broth/water and let it come to a boil; turn heat to medium and let it continue to simmer. Meanwhile in 1/4cup of water add corn starch and mix thoroughly. Now add cornstarch mixture to the broth and stir.
- Let it continue to simmer and thicken slightly. Once slightly thick, add tofu, give a light stir, let it continue to cook for about 5 minutes, now stir in sesame oil and sugar, turn heat off, garnish with green onions and coriander and serve with a steaming hot bowl of boiled rice.
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