Easiest Way to Prepare Super Quick Homemade Mapo Tofu

Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Mapo Tofu is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Take 200 gms minced pork
2. Get 450 gms silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes
3. Prepare 2/3 cup chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water
4. Make ready 1 tsp corn starch
5. Take 3 tbsp ginger minced
6. Make ready 3 tbsp garlic minced
7. Make ready 6-8 dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes
8. Get 1 tsp sichuan pepper coarsely ground
9. Take 1/4 tsp sugar
10. Get 1/4 tsp sesame oil
11. Make ready 2-3 tbsp oil depending on the fattiness in pork

Steps to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Heat oil in your wok over medium heat. Add your ground Sichuan peppercorns and stir occasionally for 30 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic, chillies fry until aromatic about 1-2 minute, then turn heat to high and add the ground pork. Break up the meat and fry it until it’s cooked through. add broth/water and let it come to a boil; turn heat to medium and let it continue to simmer. Meanwhile in 1/4cup of water add corn starch and mix thoroughly. Now add cornstarch mixture to the broth and stir.
2. Let it continue to simmer and thicken slightly. Once slightly thick, add tofu, give a light stir, let it continue to cook for about 5 minutes, now stir in sesame oil and sugar, turn heat off, garnish with green onions and coriander and serve with a steaming hot bowl of boiled rice.

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