Spicy Mabo Tofu. The Japanese version of this famous Sichuan spicy dish (Mapo Tofu/Mapo Doufu) is made with readily available ingredients and it is a lot less oily but is still an incredible flavour explosion in a bowl - I want the sauce on tap! Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender.
JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan Province, where spicy food is king and the signature spice of the region--the Sichuan Peppercorn--gives dishes a unique "numbing" effect. It's almost like the Sichuan peppercorns are there to not only add their fragrance and flavor, but also to numb your tongue so it can take more heat! You can cook Spicy Mabo Tofu using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Spicy Mabo Tofu
- It's 1 of block tofu.
- It's 100 g of minced pork.
- You need 1 cup of garlic chives/chinese chives.
- Prepare 1 piece of *grated ginger.
- It's 1 Tbsp of *sugar.
- Prepare 3 Tbsp of *soy sauce.
- Prepare 1 piece of *grated garlic.
- It's 1 Tbsp of *sake.
- It's 2 Tbsp of *Gouchujang hot pepper paste.
- It's 1 Tbsp of sesame oil.
Our Mapo Tofu recipe remains one of the most popular recipes we've posted on the blog to date. Indeed, mapo tofu is one of the most famous tofu recipes to have made it out of China. This spicy, delicious dish usually includes small amount of ground pork, but for this vegan version, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms. Mapo Tofu (Doufu) is a very popular chinese dish originated from the Sichuan province.
Spicy Mabo Tofu instructions
- Cut tofu into 2 cm cubes and wrap them in kitchen paper. Leave for a while to allow the paper to absorb the water from the tofu. Or you can dry the tofu by putting it into a microwave for about 3 min..
- Cut the garlic chives to 3 cm pieces..
- Put the grated ginger, sugar, soy sauce, grated garlic, sake and gouchujang paste into a small bowl and mix together well..
- Heat sesame oil in a pan, then add the minced pork when oil is hot. When the pork has browned, put in the sauce. When it comes to a boil, put in the garlic chives and tofu and mix lightly together by shaking a pan..
If you are a person who don't really care much for diet and love numbing spicy, fiery, oily dish - this one is for you! Interestingly, this recipe doesn't use traditional tofu. Mapo Doufu, or Mabo Tofu (マーボー豆腐) is a popular Chinese dish in Japan. Sweeter and less spicy than the Sichuan original Mabo Tofu Mabo Tofu (or Mapo Tofu) is one of the very popular Chinese dishes in Japan. Tofu in a garlicky, spicy meat sauce is vey tasty, and it goes very well with Steamed Rice.