Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu

Overview

Mapo Tofu was created by Liu, the wife of a small restaurant owner in Chengdu in the early years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Liu had pockmarks on her face, and her tofu was famous in her hometown. Mapo Tofu has since become a famous dish...

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare the ingredients

    Mapo Tofu step 1

  2. Chop green onions, mix 35 grams of mapo tofu seasoning with about 100 grams of water, blanch the tofu in boiling water, then cut into long cubes of about 2 centimeters and set aside

    Mapo Tofu step 2

  3. Pour 30 grams of edible oil into the pot and heat it, add 50 grams of minced meat and stir-fry

    Mapo Tofu step 3

  4. Fry the minced meat until fragrant (about 4 to 5 minutes)

    Mapo Tofu step 4

  5. Then pour in the mapo tofu sauce

    Mapo Tofu step 5

  6. Add chopped tofu

    Mapo Tofu step 6

  7. Cook on low heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stir slightly to let the tofu absorb the flavor, and then use high heat to reduce the juice (if it is old tofu, you need to extend the time appropriately to make the tofu more flavorful)

    Mapo Tofu step 7

  8. Finished product pictures

    Mapo Tofu step 8

  9. Finished product pictures

    Mapo Tofu step 9

  10. Finished product pictures

    Mapo Tofu step 10