Mapo Tofu

Overview

How to cook Mapo Tofu at home

Tags

• hot dishes
• sichuan cuisine
• chives
• corn starch
• garlic
• gypsum tofu
• meat filling
• pepper
• pixian douban
• sichuan pepper powder
• tempeh
• ginger

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Chop the green onion and ginger, and sprinkle the green onion on the tofu at the end. Majiao forgot to take a photo

   

2. 2 Cut the tofu into pieces, put it in a bowl, blanch it in boiling water, and add a little salt. This is to prevent the tofu from breaking and remove the beany smell. Of course, you can ignore it if you find it troublesome.

   

3. 3 Add a little oil in the pot, stir-fry the meat filling until cooked, and set aside.

   

4. 4 Reduce the heat to low, add onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, spicy bean paste, and tempeh until red oil comes out, then pour in appropriate amount of hot water.

   

5. 5 Drain the water from the tofu and pour it into the pot. If there is little water before, add hot water.

   

6. 6 Pour in the previously fried meat filling. Two teaspoons of light soy sauce and one teaspoon of dark soy sauce.

   

7. 7 Stew for about five minutes. Add a teaspoon of salt. The previous tempeh and watercress are both salty, so you can add them according to your personal taste. Mix the cornstarch with a tablespoon of cold water and pour it in to reduce the juice.

   

8. 8 After serving, sprinkle with chopped green onion and a teaspoon of peppercorns.

   

9. 9 Here’s another closer shot.