Szechuan Mapo Tofu
Szechuan Mapo Tofu

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Szechuan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Szechuan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

For marinating, soft tofu is more fitful than firm tofu and for stir-frying and deep frying, firm tofu is better than soft tofu. Ingredient tips. doubanjiang (豆瓣酱), the soul of Sichuan cuisine, is also known as broad bean paste. It is the essential ingredient for real Szechuan mapo tofu.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook szechuan mapo tofu using 17 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Szechuan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Get 500 g Tofu
  2. Take 250 g Minced Meat (of your choosing, I'm using beef)
  3. Make ready 3 stalks Spring Onions (separate the green and white part)
  4. Make ready 20 g Garlic (minced)
  5. Take 20 g Ginger (minced)
  6. Prepare 2 Tbsp Salted Black Beans
  7. Prepare 2 Tbsp Chilli Bean Paste
  8. Prepare 1 Tbsp Light Soy Sauce
  9. Prepare 1 Tbsp Chilli Flakes
  10. Get 1 Tbsp Szechuan Peppercorn
  11. Prepare 1 Tbsp Chilli Oil
  12. Take 1 tsp Sesame Oil
  13. Prepare 2 tsp Sugar
  14. Prepare as needed Cooking Oil
  15. Take Thickener (mix well in a bowl)
  16. Get 1 tsp Corn Flour
  17. Get 1/4 cup Water

Heat a wok or large frying pan until hot. Add the sesame oil, garlic, ginger and green onions and stir. Then the tofu dish with beef become more popular and her guests gave the name: Mapo tofu. For the tofu, I recommend using regular tofu not firm tofu or silken tofu.

Instructions to make Szechuan Mapo Tofu:
  1. TOFU; boil the tofu in boiling water for 3 minutes. Then remove, strain and set aside.
  2. MEAT; heat 3 tbsp of cooking oil until hot. Fry the Szechuan peppercorn for 1 minute, then add the mince meat and fry it until brown. Remove and set aside.
  3. SAUCE; heat 3 Tbsp of cooking oil until hot and fry the garlic, ginger and he white part of the spring onion until fragrant. Then add the black bean fry for a minute. Next add the chilli bean paste, sugar and mix well.
  4. ASSEMBLY; Then add 1 cup of stock, chilli flakes, the beef, chilli oil, sesame oil and then mix well. Then add the tofu but Do Not Mix the Tofu. Instead, baste the tofu with the sauce and cook for 3 minutes. Then add the thickener and stir gently. Serve on a plate and garnish with the remainder of the spring onions.

The taste of firm tofu is not so tenderer but silken tofu is too easy to break. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà(麻辣) balance of tongue tingling and spicy. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who ran a small restaurant over a century ago in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It's a signature dish of Sichuan cuisine, presenting its characteristic flavour: Mala (麻辣), namely numbing and spicy. Mapo tofu (Chinese: 麻婆豆腐; pinyin: mápó dòufu) is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province.

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