Chinese Food
Mapo Tofu
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Mapo Tofu is a famous Sichuan dish. The most famous one in Chengdu is Chen Mapo Tofu. This dish is characterized by hemp, spicy, fresh, fragrant, tender and hot. The dishes are red and bright. The bean curd is tender. The garlic sprouts are oily green. The color and fragrance are complete.
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Main materials as shown in the figur
Step2:Chopped ginger and garlic. Sliced garlic for about 1cm. Chopped Pixian watercres
Step3:Water in the pot. A little sal
Step4:The tofu is cut into two centimeter cubes. Keep the water slightly open. Put in the tofu. Don't let the water boil. Keep it slightly open. Cook for about two minutes
Step5:Take out tofu carefully. Control dry wate
Step6:Stir fry the salad oil in a wok. The oil temperature is about 60%. Stir fry the minced beef
Step7:Wait for the minced meat to change color. Add ginger and garlic, cooking wine, Pixian bean paste and chili powder. Stir fry until the minced meat changes color and becomes fragrant.
Step8:Pour in broth or wate
Step9:Boil the tofu and cook for about three minutes. Season with a small amount of soy sauce, sugar, salt and chicken essence. Because the bean petals are salty. Pay attention to less or no salt.
Step10:Put in the garlic sprouts. Thicken them with wet starch and leave the pot. Pay attention to thickening. When you don't know how much to use, you can add it a little bit. Too much at a time will shrink into a thick paste. It will affect the taste.
Step11:Finally, sprinkle pepper powder.
Cooking tips:1 - tofu can't be made with internal fat; 2 - it can be replaced with pork without minced beef; 3 - the authentic Mapo Tofu uses garlic sprouts. It's really not recommended to replace it with onion. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
