Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spicy mapo tofu (healthier version). It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Great recipe for Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version). Authentic Sichuan mapo tofu from the restaurant is always tasty but full of bad oils and leaves you feeling bloated. This is my healthier version with all of the taste but made with organic tofu and good fats.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have spicy mapo tofu (healthier version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
- Make ready 1 piece soft silken organic tofu (package)
- Get 3 piece green onion
- Make ready 1 head garlic
- Take 1 piece ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb )
- Get 1 lb ground pork
- Prepare 2 star anise
- Prepare 1 salt
- Prepare 1 black pepper or white pepper
- Prepare 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- Make ready 1 tbsp hoisin sauce
- Prepare 1 tbsp garlic chili sauce
- Take 1 tbsp sirracha
- Get 1/2 cup shaoxing rice wine
- Get 1/2 can chicken stock
- Get 2 tbsp avocado oil
- Take 1 tsp cayenne pepper powder
- Make ready 1 tsp chili powder
- Make ready 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
- Get 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
- Get 1 bunch cilantro chopped discard stem
- Make ready 1 tbsp cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water
- Get 10 piece dry red chilis
- Prepare 3 cup white rice
This is my healthier version with all of the taste but made with organic tofu and good fats. You can make the recipe vegetarian by taking out the pork and oyster sauce and. The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation.
Instructions to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
- Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside.
- Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min
- In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic
- Add in ground pork mixture and brown.
- When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil.
- Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed
- Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro
- Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together
Then the tofu dish with beef become more popular and her guests gave the name: Mapo tofu. Nowadays, along with the popular of this dish, there are many variations for example vegetarian version or pork version. Besides, mapo has becomes a kind of flavor which has also been used in other dishes. From the healthy consideration, tofu or bean curd is. Mapo Tofu - the Japanese version of a classic Sichuan dish with a lot less oil but just as much flavour, made with readily available ingredients.
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