How to Cook Delicious Spicy Tofu Mushrooms

Spicy Tofu Mushrooms. Spicy Hunan Steamed Tofu and Mushrooms is made by caramelizing oyster mushrooms, scattering them on top of silky steamed tofu, and pouring over a sauce of pickled duo jiao chili peppers, ginger, scallions, and lots of white pepper. In short, it's an incredibly flavorful, protein-filled, mushroom-meaty vegan dish that may just be better than its animal protein equivalent! In a frying pan, heat some oil and add garlic, mushrooms, and black bean paste to the pan.

This spicy, delicious dish usually includes small amount of ground pork, but for this vegan version, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms. The result is a vegetarian/vegan dish that hasn't sacrificed a bit of umami! This vegan mapo tofu recipe is very similar to our ever-popular traditional mapo tofu. You can have Spicy Tofu Mushrooms using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Spicy Tofu Mushrooms

1. You need 1 of firm Tofu, cut into pieces.
2. You need 1 cup of mushrooms, washed and chopped.
3. It's 1 cup of onions,chopped.
4. Prepare 2 cloves of garlic,minced.
5. Prepare 1 of spring onion chopped.
6. It's 1 cup of soy sauce.
7. It's 1-2 tbsp of hot chilli flakes or chilli powder,.
8. You need 1 tbsp of sugar.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of water.
10. It's of salt.
11. You need of oil.

Heat oil in a pan, pan the tofu on both sides until crispy or brown in color. set a side on a plate In the same pan, add the onions and garlic and cook until caramelized. Beefy shiitake mushrooms stand in for the standard ground pork in this version of ma po tofu. What to drink: The bit of heat here calls for a spicy white wine with ripe fruit and crisp acidity. When oil is shimmering again, add tofu mixture and arrange in a single layer in skillet.

Spicy Tofu Mushrooms instructions

1. Heat oil in a pan, pan the tofu on both sides until crispy or brown in color. set a side on a plate.
2. In the same pan, add the onions and garlic and cook until caramelized.Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for 2 mins..
3. Prepare the sauce by mixing soy sauce, chilli powder, salt, sugar, water in a bowl and mix well.
4. Add the sauce to the pan and cook until thickened and reduced..
5. Add the fried tofu to the sauce and mix well.
6. Enjoy with nice cooked rice or warm soup..

Meanwhile, in a frying pan, heat sesame oil over medium-high. We can't say enough about our sticky spicy tofu. It takes tofu to the next level, the longer you leave it to rest the more sticky it gets and if you're not a fan of spicy food you can leave it out. Vegan rice noodles with crispy pan-fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, edamame and a spicy, umami sesame glaze. This post is sponsored by Le Creuset.