Fake Mapo Tofu

Fake Mapo Tofu

Overview

This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday is relatively long, lasting 8 days. I didn’t want to go out and be crowded, so I spent the whole day tinkering in the kitchen and volunteered to cook a few vegetables and bake some snacks. Today’s plate of counterfeit Mapo Tofu uses the new corn beef sauce from A Kuan’s family. Beef is very expensive these days, so I can’t bear to buy it, so I’ll use this sauce instead. It’s simple, easy and tastes pretty good.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Cut the tofu into pieces, not too big, because the tofu itself is tasteless, and it will not be easy to taste if it is too big.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 1

  2. Wash the mushrooms and tear them into small pieces.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 2

  3. Just the right amount of beef sauce. This one is a bit spicy, so adjust it according to your own spiciness level. I added 2 tablespoons, which was a bit spicy.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 3

  4. Cut some shredded ginger. You don’t need to use other ingredients because the sauce has more flavor.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 4

  5. Boil a pot of water, blanch the mushrooms for one minute, then drain and drain the water. Because my mother didn't like the taste of this mushroom, she blanched it. If you don't mind, you don't have to blanch it.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 5

  6. Heat the pot and pour in a little less oil than usual for cooking, about thirty to forty milliliters, because there is oil in the sauce. First add shredded ginger and sauté until fragrant, then add beef sauce and stir-fry for one minute.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 6

  7. Add the mushrooms and stir-fry for one minute.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 7

  8. Pour in the tofu and fry for a minute or two, it will be fragrant and delicious.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 8

  9. Add a bowl of water enough to cover the tofu.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 9

  10. After boiling, taste the saltiness, add appropriate amount of salt to taste according to your own taste, mix well, cover the pot and simmer for three to five minutes.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 10

  11. Fill half a bowl of water and add a teaspoon of cornstarch to make water starch.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 11

  12. Open the lid and when the water is half boiled, pour in the water starch, gently stir it a few times, and simmer for a minute or two. When the water starch becomes transparent, turn off the heat.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 12

  13. Finally, put it on a plate and sprinkle with a little chopped green onion or coriander.

    Fake Mapo Tofu step 13