Mopu Tofu
Mopu Tofu

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mopu tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mapo Tofu can be found in almost any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes. Get Mapo Tofu Recipe from Food Network. The best way of serving mapo tofu is simply with steamed rice or noodles. Quick and Easy Chinese Chicken With Oyster Sauce Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan Province, where spicy food is king and the signature spice of the region–the Sichuan Peppercorn–gives dishes a unique "numbing" effect.

Mopu Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Mopu Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mopu tofu using 24 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Mopu Tofu:
  1. Get A. Main ingredients
  2. Make ready 600 g firm tofu - cubed
  3. Prepare 200 g minced meat
  4. Take B. Saute
  5. Get 3 tbsp cooking oil
  6. Prepare 1 tsp minced ginger
  7. Take 1 tbsp minced garlic
  8. Take 2 tbsp minced brown onion
  9. Make ready C. Seasoning
  10. Make ready 1 tbsp fermented black beans
  11. Prepare make into paste
  12. Take 1 tbsp chilli powder
  13. Prepare 1 tsp chili flakes
  14. Get 1 tsp Sichuan seasoning
  15. Prepare 1 tsp chicken seasoning powder
  16. Take 1 tsp sugar - or to taste
  17. Make ready To taste - salt
  18. Take D. Thickening Sauce
  19. Take 1/2-1 C water
  20. Get 1-2 tsp corn starch + 2 tbsp water
  21. Get E. Garnishing
  22. Take Sesame oil
  23. Take 1 big red chili - finely chopped
  24. Get 1 stalk scallion/spring onion - thinly sliced

Since pockmark is pronounced as Ma and Po mean old lady is Chinese, the customers named the tofu dish after her nickname as Mapo tofu. Add tofu, cover pot, and let simmer gently until tofu is heated through (do not stir or tofu will break apart). Use tofu labeled "silken" in a hardness range of medium to firm. Don't try this with the super-soft stuff or it'll fall apart!

Steps to make Mopu Tofu:
  1. A. - Cube tofu and cook in a simmering water for few minutes. Add some salt. Gently remove from the pot and drain. Keep aside. Place minced meat in a pot with enough water covering the meat. Over medium heat, cook until meat is done. Remove and drain.
  2. Cooking the dish - Sauté B until aromatic. Add minced meat. Stir to combine for a minute. Season with C. Keep stirring, adjust taste accordingly. Cook over medium heat. Add D (thickening sauce). Stir until the sauce thickened. Start with only 1/2 C of water. Add cornstarch mixture. As for cornstarch, start with a teaspoon + 2 tbsp of water. Stir well. Check consistency. Add another half of water and another tsp of cornstarch for preferred consistency.
  3. Carefully slide tofu in and gently coat the tofu with meat sauce. Simmer over medium low heat for a minute. Drizzle some sesame oil on the dish and add finely chopped chili and sliced scallion/spring onion. Dish up.

Use tofu labeled "silken" in a hardness range of medium to firm. Don't try this with the super-soft stuff or it'll fall apart! I'd never sliced soft tofu before - it's so easy! two cuts horizontally then slice as on a grid. Very nice texture - creamy and soft. I tried not to stir the mixture too much as it heated so some of the tofu would retain its shape.

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