Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, seriously good mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
One of the BEST Chinese Street Food Joints in Chengdu, China BEST Chinese Cooking and Mapo Tofu! Silken tofu flavored with beef and fermented chilis in a slick of chili oil dusted with Sichuan pepper. Having all of your ingredients ready to go is essential for a good stir-fry.
Seriously Good Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Seriously Good Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook seriously good mapo tofu using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Seriously Good Mapo Tofu:
- Take 1 block Tofu (silken or firm)
- Prepare 100 to 150 grams Ground meat
- Take 1 clove Garlic, finely chopped
- Make ready 1 piece Ginger, finely chopped
- Take 1 dash each Sake, salt
- Get 150 ml Chicken soup stock (instant is fine)
- Prepare 1 Tomato, peeled (optional)
- Get 10 cm Japanese leek, finely chopped
- Take 1 tsp Katakuriko, dissolved in 50 ml of water
- Prepare 1 tsp or (to taste) Vinegar
- Prepare 1 to 2 tablespoons Doubanjiang or ra-yu
- Take 1 dash of each Sugar, soy sauce
There is something seriously addictive about eating silky tofu cubes coated in a fiery red. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. The classic recipe consists of silken tofu, ground pork or beef, fermented broad beans & soybeans (doubanjiang), fermented black beans (douchi), and Sichuan peppercorn to name a few main ingredients. Seriously, mapo tofu. "Missing only one of these ingredients…?
Instructions to make Seriously Good Mapo Tofu:
- We use doubanjiang or ra-yu with beans in it.
- It's essential to have all the ingredients prepped before you start cooking! Cut the tofu into cubes - the size is up to you. Mix the ground meat with sake and a little salt to flavor.
- Spread oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and ginger and stir fry. When they're heated through, add the doubanjiang.
- Add the meat and stir fry. When it's cooked, add the chicken stock, sugar and soy sauce, then the tofu.
- When the tofu is heated through, add the leek. Sprinkle vinegar to taste. Taste and add and add salt if needed. Pour in the katakuriko dissolved in water. You're done!
- When you have time, boil the cut up tofu for about 2 minutes and drain well beforehand to improve the dish.
The classic recipe consists of silken tofu, ground pork or beef, fermented broad beans & soybeans (doubanjiang), fermented black beans (douchi), and Sichuan peppercorn to name a few main ingredients. Seriously, mapo tofu. "Missing only one of these ingredients…? A good quality soft~medium-firmness tofu that's slippery and custardy, but won't "melt" into the sauce either, is my first choice. Sichuan peppercorns are paramount in mapo tofu, but even then most recipes are being cheap with it. 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.
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