Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mapo doufu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Mapo Doufu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mapo Doufu is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mapo doufu using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mapo Doufu:
- Make ready 1 block Extra Firm Tofu
- Make ready 225 grams Ground Pork
- Take 1 Leek
- Take 2 Green Onions
- Prepare 300 ml Chicken Stock
- Take 2 cloves Garlic
- Take 1 knob Ginger
- Get 2 tbsp Sichuan Chili Paste
- Take 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
- Make ready 2 tbsp Sake
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp Sesame Oil
- Take Corn/Potato Starch Slurry
Steps to make Mapo Doufu:
- Cut Tofu into 1 cm cubes and set aside. Chop green onions and leek and set aside. Grate/Finely chop garlic and ginger and set aside.
- Using a wok over high heat, add the Sesame oil and wait for it to heat up. Add the garlic and ginger and fry until the garlic is golden and it is very aromatic.
- Next, add the leek and the ground pork and, while continuously breaking apart the pork and stirring, cook until the pork is done. As an option you can continue cooking until it is crispy.
- Add the chili paste and stir until combined. As an option you can season now with salt and fresh cracked black pepper and soy sauce.
- Add the chicken stock and stir. Let it sit until it comes to a boil.
- Add the sake and soy sauce and stir.
- Add the tofu and stir. Bring heat down and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the slurry and stir until it thickens. Just look and see how much you need. Just add a little at a time.
- Serve over white rice or by itself, and add green onion as garnish. Enjoy!
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