Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mopu tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mopu Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mopu Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life.
Add the ground pork and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking up the meat. 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. Marc Matsumoto of NoRecipes shares the story. 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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have mopu tofu using 24 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mopu Tofu:
- Take A. Main ingredients
- Take 600 g firm tofu - cubed
- Make ready 200 g minced meat
- Prepare B. Saute
- Make ready 3 tbsp cooking oil
- Make ready 1 tsp minced ginger
- Get 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Get 2 tbsp minced brown onion
- Make ready C. Seasoning
- Make ready 1 tbsp fermented black beans
- Prepare make into paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp chilli powder
- Get 1 tsp chili flakes
- Take 1 tsp Sichuan seasoning
- Prepare 1 tsp chicken seasoning powder
- Make ready 1 tsp sugar - or to taste
- Prepare To taste - salt
- Make ready D. Thickening Sauce
- Prepare 1/2-1 C water
- Prepare 1-2 tsp corn starch + 2 tbsp water
- Prepare E. Garnishing
- Make ready Sesame oil
- Take 1 big red chili - finely chopped
- Prepare 1 stalk scallion/spring onion - thinly sliced
Stir in black bean mixture, tofu, and peas. Mapo Tofu is a classic Szechuan dish that features tofu covered in spices and minced meat. It pairs extremely well with rice, and may even be necessary with how spicy it can get. The name literally translates to "pockmarked old lady tofu", inspired by the old lady that made this dish.
Steps to make Mopu Tofu:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
It pairs extremely well with rice, and may even be necessary with how spicy it can get. The name literally translates to "pockmarked old lady tofu", inspired by the old lady that made this dish. Ready in minutes, this vegan mapo tofu relies on a show-stopping sauce of fermented black beans, chili bean paste, and Sichuan peppercorns. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. The classic recipe consists of silken tofu, ground pork or beef, fermented broad beans & soybeans (doubanjiang), fermented black beans (douchi), and Sichuan peppercorn to name a few main ingredients.
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