Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and 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.
Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
This dish truly lights up all the senses. Try this easy-to-make recipe for yourself, and you will. Mapo Eggplant is a spin on the Szechuan classic Mapo Tofu. Silky roasted eggplant is topped with a slightly spicy and garlicky bean sauce with ground A good rule to follow when preparing any kind of stir-fried dish is to prepare the sauce first.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Take 1 eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes
- Prepare 1/2 of silky tofu diced into small cubes
- Take Chopped/sliced green onion
- Make ready Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics)
- Get Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp)
- Prepare 1 dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar)
- Prepare 2 tsp Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more)
- Make ready Mushrooms powder
- Get Soy sauces
- Take 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Prepare Water
It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. Eggplant Mapo Tofu With Chicken Stock, Cornstarch, Low Sodium Soy Sauce, Granulated Sugar, Sesame Oil, Garlic, Minced Ginger, Green Onions, Bean Paste Add more spicy bean sauce if needed. Whisk together the chicken stock mixture again and then pour it over the tofu and eggplant.
Steps to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Using your skillet over medium high heat, roasted the eggplants until turning brown. Set aside.
- Meanwhile microwave the dates in 40 seconds. Smashed it and strained it.
- Still using the skillet add the dates liquid, garlics, ginger, mushrooms powder,gochujang paste, cayenne pepper, and soy sauce. Add more water, mixed well then add the tofu.
- Cover with the lid, and let it boiled.
- When the tofu mixture boiled add the eggplant, mixed well. Put in a simmer until the eggplant is cooked and tender.
- In a small bowl mixed the cornstarch and water. Pouring into the eggplant mixture, stir quickly, taste it and add the green onion. Turn off the heat.
- Then the spicy eggplant mapo tofu is ready to served along with steam rice or brown rice as your choice. Enjoy 😊
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Eggplant Mapo Tofu With Chicken Stock, Cornstarch, Low Sodium Soy Sauce, Granulated Sugar, Sesame Oil, Garlic, Minced Ginger, Green Onions, Bean Paste Add more spicy bean sauce if needed. Whisk together the chicken stock mixture again and then pour it over the tofu and eggplant. Asian, Eggplant, Tofu, Water Spinach, Dinner, Easy, Main Course, Summer, Dairy Free, Healthy, High Fiber, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Vegan, Vegetarian. This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants! Anyway, this recipe called for a lot of oil, but I cut it down because it's not unnecessary I used a technique called 'dry frying' the tofu, which eliminates the oil 'needed'.
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