Mapu tofu #chinesecooking
Mapu tofu #chinesecooking

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We Have Almost Everything on eBay. The best way of serving mapo tofu is simply with steamed rice or noodles. Mapo tofu (Chinese: 麻婆豆腐; pinyin: mápó dòufu) is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, based on douban (fermented broad bean and chili paste) and douchi (fermented black beans), along with minced meat, traditionally beef.

Mapu tofu #chinesecooking is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mapu tofu #chinesecooking is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have mapu tofu #chinesecooking using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mapu tofu #chinesecooking:
  1. Take Sauce
  2. Prepare 1 tablespoon fermented black beans (or blackbean sauce)
  3. Prepare 1 cup chicken/veg stock
  4. Take 2-3 tbsp chili bean paste
  5. Make ready 1 tbsp Chinese rice wine
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp soy sauce
  7. Make ready 1 tbsp sugar
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan pepper
  9. Make ready Other ingredients
  10. Make ready 2 tbsp vegetable oil
  11. Take Half small pack ground pork or beef
  12. Get 2 leeks, white parts only, thinly sliced at an angle
  13. Take 2 cloves garlic, minced
  14. Take 1 tsp minced ginger
  15. Get 1 block soft or medium-firm tofu drained and cut into 1-inch
  16. Make ready 1 tbsp cornflour, dissolved in 2-3 tbsp water
  17. Take 1-2 spring onion, green part only, chopped for garnish

Add the scallions and stir to combine. Stir in the cornstarch slurry, then stir in enough to the mapo tofu to thicken to a soupy rather than a gravy-like finish. Sprinkle in the ground peppercorns, give the mixture one last stir to incorporate, then transfer to a shallow bowl. Serve immediately with lots of hot rice.

Steps to make Mapu tofu #chinesecooking:
    1. Prepare the sauce: Rinse the black beans to remove any grit. In a small bowl, mash the black beans with the back of a spoon. Combine the black beans with the chicken stock, chili bean paste, rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar, and Sichuan pepper. Set aside.
    1. Heat a wok or large pan or wok over high heat. Add the cooking oil and swirl to coat the base. Add the pork and stir-fry until crispy and starting to brown but not yet dry, about 2 minutes, breaking up the pork with a spatula. Reduce the heat to medium, then add leeks, garlic, and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, about 1 minute.
    1. Pour in the sauce and bring the liquid to a boil, the reduce to a simmer. The liquid should now have a nice red color. Gently add the tofu cubes, being careful to not move them around too much or else they will break up. Allow the sauce to simmer for about 2 to 3 minutes so the tofu can cook and absorb the the sauce.
    1. Carefully push the tofu to the sides and create a small well in the middle. Stir in the cornflour mixture in the center. Allow the liquid to simmer for another minute, until the sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Transfer to a deep plate or wide bowl, sprinkle spring onion on top, and serve hot with steamed rice.

Sprinkle in the ground peppercorns, give the mixture one last stir to incorporate, then transfer to a shallow bowl. Serve immediately with lots of hot rice. Mapo tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants It is a quickly cooked dish of braised tofu with minced pork (sometimes beef) in a bracing spicy sauce made with fermented black beans and fermented broad bean paste, along with hot red pepper and Sichuan pepper This meatless version with fresh shiitake mushrooms is completely satisfying, and surprisingly easy to make Mapo tofu is a typical Chinese dish from Sichuan, China. Depending on the countries, the taste and recipe of mapo tofu is adapted to suit the palate of the locals. In Malaysia, we enjoy mapo tofu as well.

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