Mapo Tofu
Mapo Tofu

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mapo Tofu is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mapo tofu using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:
  1. Take 200 grams Tofu
  2. Prepare 100 grams Ground pork
  3. Get 1/3 of a thin stalk ◎ Japanese leeks
  4. Make ready 1/2 thumbtip-sized piece ◎ Ginger
  5. Take 1 small clove ◎ Garlic
  6. Prepare 1 tbsp Sesame oil
  7. Get 1/2 teaspoon, or (to taste) Doubanjiang
  8. Take 100 ml ☆ Chicken stock
  9. Get 2 tbsp ☆ Tianmianjiang
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp ☆ Sake
  11. Get 1 Katakuriko slurry
  12. Make ready 1 to finish, (to taste) Black pepper
  13. Make ready 1 for garnish The white part of a green onion, finely shredded (optional)
Steps to make Mapo Tofu:
  1. Wrap the tofu in kitchen paper towels and put in a heatproof bowl, microwave for 2 to 3 minutes to drain off the excess water, and cut into 3 cm cubes.
  2. Heat the sesame oil and stir fry the ◎ ingredients over medium heat. When it starts to smell nice add the doubanjiang and stir fry.
  3. Add the ground pork to Step 2, and stir fry until browned and crumbly.
  4. Add the combined ☆ condiments to the pan in Step 3, and bring to a boil over high heat.
  5. Add the drain tofu from Step 1, and simmer for about 5 minutes over medium heat.
  6. Add katakuriko slurry to thicken the sauce, and season with black pepper. Mound on a plate, and garnish with the shredded white part of the green onion to finish.

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