Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)
Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, spicy mapo tofu (healthier version). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This Craft Essence features Mapo Tofu of Fuyuki's Hongzhou Feast Hall: Taishan, the favorite dish of Kotomine Kirei from Fate/Stay Night. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spicy mapo tofu (healthier version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
  1. Take 1 piece soft silken organic tofu (package)
  2. Prepare 3 piece green onion
  3. Get 1 head garlic
  4. Take 1 piece ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb )
  5. Prepare 1 lb ground pork
  6. Prepare 2 star anise
  7. Prepare 1 salt
  8. Prepare 1 black pepper or white pepper
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  10. Take 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
  11. Get 1 tbsp garlic chili sauce
  12. Make ready 1 tbsp sirracha
  13. Prepare 1/2 cup shaoxing rice wine
  14. Get 1/2 can chicken stock
  15. Prepare 2 tbsp avocado oil
  16. Make ready 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
  17. Take 1 tsp chili powder
  18. Prepare 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
  19. Prepare 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  20. Make ready 1 bunch cilantro chopped discard stem
  21. Take 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water
  22. Get 10 piece dry red chilis
  23. Prepare 3 cup white rice

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. 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) While the original Shichuan Mapo Tofu is pretty spicy, the Japanese version is usually mild so even children can enjoy it. 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.

Instructions to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
  1. Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside.
  2. Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min
  3. In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic
  4. Add in ground pork mixture and brown.
  5. When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil.
  6. Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed
  7. Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro
  8. Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together

This spicy mapo tofu is an easy Chinese dish you can make at home in minutes. This version uses easily accessible ingredients. So, I set out to make a mapo tofu dish at home using accessible ingredients and not stuff like fermented black beans and Sichuan peppercorns. This version of mapo tofu resembles the Japanese version (麻婆豆腐) which is sweeter and not as spicy compared to the authentic mapo tofu from · Spicy, delicious mapo tofu is usually made with ground pork, but for this vegan recipe, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms and haven't sacrificed. One bite and you'll be hooked on this spicy Schezwan MaPo Tofu!

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