Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, seriously good mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan Province, where spicy food is king and the signature Whatever its origins, mapo tofu has made it out of Sichuan Province and spread around the world. If we say authentic, you better betchyo pineapple buns that it's gonna turn out authentic. Seriously, mapo tofu. "Missing only one of these ingredients…?

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook seriously good mapo tofu using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Seriously Good Mapo Tofu:

1. Take 1 block Tofu (silken or firm)
2. Get 100 to 150 grams Ground meat
3. Make ready 1 clove Garlic, finely chopped
4. Take 1 piece Ginger, finely chopped
5. Prepare 1 dash each Sake, salt
6. Take 150 ml Chicken soup stock (instant is fine)
7. Make ready 1 Tomato, peeled (optional)
8. Prepare 10 cm Japanese leek, finely chopped
9. Get 1 tsp Katakuriko, dissolved in 50 ml of water
10. Prepare 1 tsp or (to taste) Vinegar
11. Prepare 1 to 2 tablespoons Doubanjiang or ra-yu
12. Take 1 dash of each Sugar, soy sauce

Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes. It has a spicy, pungent, and appetizing flavor that goes perfectly with steamed rice. I love cooking mapo tofu for a quick lunch or dinner. Sometimes I double the meat and sauce, so it will be enough to serve two.

Instructions to make Seriously Good Mapo Tofu:

1. We use doubanjiang or ra-yu with beans in it.
2. It's essential to have all the ingredients prepped before you start cooking! Cut the tofu into cubes - the size is up to you. Mix the ground meat with sake and a little salt to flavor.
3. Spread oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and ginger and stir fry. When they're heated through, add the doubanjiang.
4. Add the meat and stir fry. When it's cooked, add the chicken stock, sugar and soy sauce, then the tofu.
5. When the tofu is heated through, add the leek. Sprinkle vinegar to taste. Taste and add and add salt if needed. Pour in the katakuriko dissolved in water. You're done!
6. When you have time, boil the cut up tofu for about 2 minutes and drain well beforehand to improve the dish.

Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province. Legend has it that an old woman in Sichuan was known for serving a delicious tofu dish. This woman had one distinguishing physical characteristic: pock marks covered her face. 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. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who ran a small restaurant over a century ago in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province.

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