The Most Authentic Sichuan Mapo Tofu Recipe 麻婆豆腐

Learn how to easily make the most iconic Tofu dish of Szechuan: Mapo Tofu. Subscribe for more video like this:    / @whatsjocooking  

Mapo tofu (pinyin: má pó dòu fu; 麻婆豆腐), is one of the traditional dishes in Sichuan Province. This dish is numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, and hot. , green, tender, and crispy, it shows the spicy and spicy characteristics of Sichuan cuisine. Today, Mapo tofu has jumped into the hall of fame and became an international famous dish.
"Mapo Tofu" was rated as one of the "Chinese Cuisine" top ten classic dishes in Sichuan.
I'll show you how you can make this dish at home with detailed explanation and steps
-----Timestamps-----
00:00 Intro
00:18 History
01:18 What makes a good Mapo Tofu
02:28 Ingredients
03:09 Prepare the tofu
03:37 Why blanching the tofu is important
04:09 Prepare other ingredients
04:36 Cooking
04:52 The sixth factor
05:55 How to thicken the sauce
06:40 Enjoy!


Mapo Tofu - recipe:
Ingredients:
Soft tofu, 400g
Ground beef, 100g
Doubanjiang(broad bean paste), 2 tbsp
Douchi(Fermented black beans), 1 tsp
Ginger , 1 piece
Garlic, 3 cloves
Green Onion/Garlic, 2 stalks
Ground Chili, 1 tbsp
Ground Szechuan Peppercorn, 1 tsp
Ground White Pepper, 0.5 tsp
Potato/Corn starch, 1 tbsp

Blanch the tofu:
1.Cut the tofu to 2cm cubes
2.put the tofu cubes in boiling water
3.Add in 10g of salt
4.Turn the heat to low and simmer for 10min
5.Set them aside

Braise the tofu:
0.Prepare the starch slurry using potato/corn starch, starch to water, 1:3
1.Chop ginger, garlic and green onion/green garlic
2.Chop Doubanjiang
3.Have all the condiments ready
4.Heat pan on medium, oil, fry the minced meat until golden brown
5.Ginger, garlic, doubanjiang, douchi, ground chili in, fry until fragrant
6.Add water/stock
7.Add in tofu and simmer for about 10-15min
8.Thicken the sauce with slurry, add in half green onion.
9.Sprinkle on other half green onion, and ground Siichuan peppercorn


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