Szechuan Mapo Tofu
Szechuan Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, szechuan mapo tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. Making the yummiest mapo tofu at home for several bowls of steamed rice. See Full Nutritional Guidelines (Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.) A famous Sichuan (Szechuan) recipe—the name mapo tofu is roughly translated as "pockmarked grandmother beancurd," named for the old woman who supposedly invented the dish.

Szechuan Mapo Tofu is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Szechuan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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. Make ready 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. Make ready 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. Make ready 1 Tbsp Chilli Flakes
  10. Prepare 1 Tbsp Szechuan Peppercorn
  11. Get 1 Tbsp Chilli Oil
  12. Get 1 tsp Sesame Oil
  13. Take 2 tsp Sugar
  14. Prepare as needed Cooking Oil
  15. Get Thickener (mix well in a bowl)
  16. Prepare 1 tsp Corn Flour
  17. Prepare 1/4 cup Water

It has a spicy, salty flavor that goes perfectly with rice. Best of all, it's quite easy to make at home. Mapo Tofu is a perfect match with rice in Szechuan (Sichuan). And Mapo Tofu is the most popular home-cooked food in China.

Steps 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.

Mapo Tofu is a perfect match with rice in Szechuan (Sichuan). And Mapo Tofu is the most popular home-cooked food in China. Cut press tofu to desired size, set aside. Warm up oil in frying pan over medium low heat, add garlic, sauté until fragrance is released. Add minced pork, sauté over medium high heat, until colour changes.

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