Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook mapo tofu using 23 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo tofu:

1. Make ready For the mince meat marinade:
2. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
3. Make ready 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
4. Take 1 cap of Shaohsing Rice Wine
5. Make ready Thickening mapo tofu sauce:
6. Take 1 teaspoon corn starch
7. Get 1-2 tablespoon water (to create a liquid paste)
8. Prepare Making the mapo tofu:
9. Take 1 tablespoon cooking oil (or any cooking oil of preference)
10. Get 1-2 teaspoons Sichuan peppercorns (add more or less depending on spice level preference)
11. Take 2 teaspoons ginger, finely minced or grated
12. Take 2 spring onions, finely sliced (stalk part for cooking, green part for garnish)
13. Take 500 g grams of mince pork (or any other mince meat depending on preference)
14. Make ready 2 medium garlic cloves, finely minced or grated
15. Take 500-600 g medium firm tofu or silken tofu, drained and cut into 3/4 inch cubes (add more or less depending on preference)
16. Get 1/3 cup frozen peas (add more or less depending on preference), soaked in warm water
17. Prepare For the mapo tofu sauce:
18. Get 2 tablespoons La/spicy Doubanjiang (chilli broad bean paste)
19. Prepare 1 tablespoons Non-spicy Doubanjiang (broad bean paste)
20. Take 1-2 tablespoon crushed Yellow bean sauce (add more or less depending on preference)
21. Prepare 1-2 tablespoons spicy chilli sauce (or spicy crushed garlic sauce if not using fresh garlic)
22. Get 1-2 teaspoons white pepper
23. Get 1-2 cups hot water (from kettle)

The ever popular Sichuan Mapo Tofu! If you're a bit on the fence about tofu, this is definitely one of the best 'gateway tofu' dishes. Mapo Tofu can be found in nearly any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes. This dish can also be called the Mapo Doufu.

Steps to make Mapo tofu:

1. In a small bowl add the cornstarch and water. Stir well until the mixture has dissolved into a liquid paste and set aside.
2. Finely chop the garlic, ginger and spring onions and set aside. In a wok on medium heat, heat up the oil, add the Sichuan peppercorns and cook until fragment. Then add the ginger and the chopped stalks of the spring onions and stir occasionally to prevent burning. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
3. Add the mince meat and break it into small grains (to avoid getting clumps) using a wooden spatula. When the meat is almost cooked add the garlic and stir occasionally to avoid the garlic getting burnt.
4. When the meat is cooked add the both types of doubanjiang stirring to distribute the paste evenly, then add the rest of the sauces. Let it cook for a few minutes so the meat can soak in the flavours of the sauces. Then add the hot water (pre boiled kettle water) and let it simmer. Reduce heat to low for 5 - 7 minutes and cover with lid. Taste the sauce and amend if needed (add more spicy chilli sauce for hotter, white pepper or non spicy doubangjiang etc).
5. Gently place the cubed tofu into the mixture. Tip: gently stir and mix the tofu in to avoid it loosing its shape and breaking apart. Let it cook for 1 minute. Lastly, add the peas and gently stir and incorporate into the mixture.
6. Before adding the cornstarch mixture give it a stir in the bowl to incorporate any of the cornstarch that may have settled at the bottom, and then pour in. Stir everything gently, place a lid on the wok. Leave to simmer and turn the heat to very low heat for 5 - 10 minutes until the sauce thickens. Tip: if the mixture is still thin add a little more cornstarch liquid to make the sauce thicker.
7. Once the sauce is to desired thickness, to finish off garnish the mapo tofu with the finely sliced green part of the spring onions. Then transfer into a large serving bowl. Eat and and serve immediately while hot. Eat it with a bowl of rice and some side dishes like steamed or panfried vegetables.

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. I love this recipe as I can enjoy the kick-in-the-tongue sensation and the. An authentic Sichuan mapo tofu recipe. Mapo tofu needs to be served hot for the best taste. However, since tofu holds heat very well, for In terms of the Mala(麻辣) sensation (the level of hotness and numbness), my Mapo tofu recipe is not.

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