Easiest Way to Prepare Homemade Chinese Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Cuisine)
by Jeanette Phillips
Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chinese mapo tofu (sichuan cuisine). It is one of my favorites food recipes. 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 recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have chinese mapo tofu (sichuan cuisine) using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chinese Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Cuisine):
Take 300 g tofu (1 box)
Get 100 g ground pork (or beef, chicken)
Make ready 1 green onion
Get 1/2 tbsp garlic (minced)
Get 1/2 tbsp ginger (minced)
Get For braising
Prepare 1/3 tsp Sichuan peppercorns powder
Make ready 1/8 tsp chinese five spices powder
Get 1/8 tsp white pepper
Get 1 tbsp doubanjiang (chilli bean sauce)
Prepare 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
Prepare 1 tbsp corn starch
Take 2 tbsp water (mix with corn starch)
Get 1/2 cup water
Prepare 1 tsp sugar
Prepare 1 tsp sesame oil
Steps to make Chinese Mapo Tofu (Sichuan Cuisine):
Cut tofu into 2cm cubes. Slice green onion into small pieces, separate white part and green part. Mince garlic and ginger.
Mix 1 tbsp corn starch and 2 tbsp water.
Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil, add ground pork, stir fry for a while, then add garlic, ginger and half of 1/3 tsp Sichuan peppercorns powder, 1/8 tsp chinese five spices powder, 1 tbsp doubanjiang (chilli bean sauce), sugar, white part of green onion, stir fry for 1 minute.
Pour 1/2 cup of water in, add tofu, gently push tofu with spatula, then cook for 5 minutes over low heat.
Mix cornstarch water, swirl it into the wok, gently stir till sauce thickens. Before serving, add pinch of Sichuan peppercorns powder, pinch of white peppers, add green part of green onion, 1 tsp sesame oil. Then transfer to a serving plate or bowl.
Serve with steamed rice.
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