Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu

by SukaSuka

4.6 (1)
Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

10m

Serving

2

Mapo tofu is available in any restaurant. Whenever I want to eat it, I can’t find the taste of my childhood. In time after trial, I finally found my favorite method of Mapo Tofu. Share it with everyone here. There is also a video version of this dish.

Ingredients

Mapo Tofu

1. Cut the tofu into 2cm cubes

Mapo Tofu recipe

2. Soak in hot salt water for 5 minutes.

Mapo Tofu recipe

3. Use a large strainer to control the water in the tofu.

Mapo Tofu recipe

4. Chop garlic, green garlic, bean paste and tempeh.

Mapo Tofu recipe

5. This is the cut material.

Mapo Tofu recipe

6. Put oil in the wok and don't get too hot.

Mapo Tofu recipe

7. Put the minced beef in the oil without the heat, so that it is easy to stir-fry the meat. This time the filling is made by myself, it will be a bit dry, so I suggest you use machine-made meat filling as well.

Mapo Tofu recipe

8. After the meat is cooked, add the bean paste

Mapo Tofu recipe

9. After the oil and meat are red, add the minced garlic

Mapo Tofu recipe

10. Add the tempeh after sautéing the garlic

Mapo Tofu recipe

11. And chili powder, stir fry evenly

Mapo Tofu recipe

12. After cooking the cooking wine

Mapo Tofu recipe

13. Then pour in water, if there is a clear soup, it is better.

Mapo Tofu recipe

14. Add the tofu after the soup is slightly boiled. The amount of water is about half of the tofu. You can add or reduce the amount of water according to your own pot.

Mapo Tofu recipe

15. When the soup is boiling, about two minutes or so, add the first water starch, 2 tablespoons. Then let the soup boil for about 2 minutes.

Mapo Tofu recipe

16. Put the starch in the water for the second time.

Mapo Tofu recipe

17. Then wait for the soup to thicken, then it can be out of the pot.

Mapo Tofu recipe

18. Add pepper powder before serving

Mapo Tofu recipe

19. Sprinkle with chopped green garlic

Mapo Tofu recipe

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