Mapo Tofu

party meat asian dinner

This is “Alex, the french guy cooking” version of mapo tofu, it is not traditional, for a traditional version, use google lolololelelel. I’ll however adapt it to use szechuan pepper, dont quite get why it isnt listed.

Ingredients

  • 300g silken tofu

  • 2 Tbsp neutral oil

  • 50g Mushrooms minced

  • 50g onions minced

  • 1 heaped Tbsp dou ban jiang (alternatively gojuchang, soya bean paste)

  • 2 tsp dou-chi (fermented black soya beans)

  • 2.5cm piece of ginger finely chopped

  • 2 garlic cloves finely chopped

  • 1 Tbsp cornflour

  • some sesame oil

  • 2 spring onions

Directions

  • Cut the Tofu into ~2cm cubes

  • cook in simmering water for a few minutes

  • cook of the dou-chi, onions, dou ban jiang and the mushrooms

  • add the douchi, the ginger, garlic and the white parts of the spring onions

  • stir fry until they give off a pleasant aroma.

  • measure out ~225ml of water, add 2/3 of it to the pan

  • make a starch slushy with the rest and add it to the pan

  • add the tofu cubes and refrain from stirring, simply push the cubes gently back and forth in the pan