Mapo Tofu is not difficult, but it is a test of craftsmanship to be authentic. At the beginning, I didn't want to do it for several times. I found that minced meat and pepper noodles were the key.
Step1:Cut tofu and soak for a quarter of an hour. Shred ginger and garlic. Cut black bean. Blanch the tofu in the salt water. Take it out for use.
Step2:Stir fry pepper in a medium heat oil pan. It tastes more fragrant and spicy. I use a rolling pin to crush. I can also use a mashing garlic jar.
Step3:Don't wash or change the pot. Just use the oil fried with pepper before. Continue to stir fry the minced pork. Put it in reserve.
Step4:Add dried pepper, onion, ginger and garlic, Douchi and Pixian Douban sauce in a clean hot oil pot. Stir fry the red oil.
Step5:Add water. Put in tofu and cook for 2 minutes.
Step6:Add some soy sauce and water starch. Thicken for the first time.
Step7:Add minced meat, cooking wine and chicken essence. Simmer for 2 minutes, thicken the sauce for the second time. Sprinkle with minced pepper. Put in the sauce and dish. Sprinkle with scallion.
Cooking tips:1. Stir fry the tofu with salt water. It's not easy to disperse the beancurd smell. 2. Some people say it's more convenient to use pepper noodles. Yes, I used to do the same. It's really not fried pepper taste good. I don't believe you try it. 3. After the tofu is cooked to taste, thicken it once. Put in the minced meat. Cook it for another 2 minutes. Thicken it once again. The taste of the two thicknesses is extraordinary. 4. Douban sauce, Douchi and laoshao are all put. If you don't think it's salty enough, you can prepare some salt yourself. You have skills in making delicious dishes.