Mapo Tofu is spicy and tongue-numbing in the BEST method THIS is Jet Tila's take on the dish from the Sichuan province of China!
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Mapo Tofu
RECIPE THANKS TO JET TILA
Level: Easy
Overall: 30 min
Active: 25 minutes
Yield: 2 to 4 portions
Components
2 tablespoons neutral oil
1 teaspoon Sichuan peppercorn powder
3 cloves garlic, minced
One 2-inch piece ginger, minced
6 ounces hamburger or pork
2 teaspoons fermented black bean sauce
1 tablespoon doubanjiang sauce
1 tablespoon dark or sweet soy sauce
1 tablespoon thin soy sauce
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon chicken powder
One 14- to 16-ounce plan silken tofu, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (see Cook's Note).
1 tablespoon cornstarch combined with 1 tablespoon water (cornstarch slurry).
3 scallions, chopped.
Instructions.
Heat a large frying pan or wok over high heat for about 2 minutes. Swirl in the oil and at the very first whisp of white smoke, include the Sichuan pepper powder, garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the ground meat, press flat and enable to brown for about 1 minute. Add the black bean sauce, then stir together with the garlic-ginger mix and meat.
Create the sauce by adding the doubanjiang sauce, dark soy sauce, thin soy sauce, sugar, chicken powder and 1 cup water. Stir well and allow the sauce to come to a boil. Stir in the tofu to coat and let it simmer 3 to 5 minutes to soak up the sauce. Include the cornstarch slurry and permit to simmer up until thickened to a light stew consistency, about 30 seconds. Taste and adjust as required, then leading with the scallions.
Cook's Note.
To help the tofu absorb the mapo sauce, you can cook it in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes initially, then drain in a colander until you're prepared to include it to the skillet.
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Looks delicious!
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Can’t wait to make this ♥️yummy
This looks super good 🤩
Great choice for this cuisine with Tofu! Anything can happen!
Been looking for a spicy tofu recipe for a while now, think I may have just found it. Giving this a go for sure.
Now I feel vindicated that I stopped trying to peel ginger awhile back! 😀 Thanks for all the tips throughout.
Tofu has a funky and disgusting texture, and a strange after taste…. You can keep that fermented garbage lol
I like it better with ground pork.
One of my favorite dishes at a local Chinese restaurant. My oldest daughter also likes it, so I’ll definitely have to give this a try.
MaPo Tofu is one of my favorite foods.
If I get tofu the size of yours, I cut each into 4 pieces so the sauce soaks in further.
You should have described the Sichuan peppers. A better description than numbing, is that it causes neurological confusion on the tongue. I love numbing pepper!
Your recipe is very much like the flavor I like for my MaPo Tofu! I use the peppercorns though, but then again I really like the neurological confusion….
Amazing 🤩
Awesome! I love mapo tofu! I can’t wait to try making this
Amazing food
I’ve been bingeing Cutthroat Kitchen elsewhere and then this pops up on my youtube (I hadn’t looked up the judgers/taste testers yet from Cutthroat so now I have thanks to this! 😊 I like Jet!)
Thanks to the anime Angel Beats, I get a little sad whenever I see this dish.
Amazing iam starving.