Chinese Food
How to make authentic Mapo Tofu?
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It's said that the origin of Mapo Tofu is like this. One day in the first year of Tongzhi was closing. A large number of dockers came to the shop. There were not many things in the shop. Chen Mapo is quick witted. Chop the bean slices and stir fry them in the oil pan. Add the soup and put in the bean curd block which is cut into two centimeters square. Match with other seasonings. Sprinkle a handful of chili noodles after starting the pot. A bowl of delicious color. Ma, spicy, hot, Hu, tender, fresh tofu on the table. These dock workers all thought it was delicious. So the people began to pass from one to ten. They all knew that the tofu made by Mrs. Chen Ma was delicious and cheap. More and more people came. As a result, it became the brand dish of Chen family. Because tofu is spicy and spicy. The owner's wife is also called Chen Mapo. This dish is called Chen Mapo Tofu. Nowadays, Mapo Tofu has evolved into a well-known national dish, and the process of Sichuan cuisine becoming a national dish is the process of each diner adding their own mark in the dish. In life, many dishes seem complicated
Cooking ingredients
Cooking Steps
Step1:Preparation of tough tofu, minced meat, prickly ash, bean paste, chili noodles, chili oil, prickly ash oil, et
Step2:Tofu cut into small piece
Step3:Marinate the cut tofu in light salt water for more than 10 minute
Step4:Blanch tofu in a cool underwater pot and pour a little salt into the po
Step5:Pour out tofu with hot water for standb
Step6:Pour chili oil into the po
Step7:Dry the minced meat slowly with medium heat. The oil temperature should not be hig
Step8:Add 2 tablespoons bean paste and stir fry until it is spicy and fragrant. The red color of chili sauce and minced meat blend evenl
Step9:Then stir fry the minced pepper, noodles, garlic and ginge
Step10:Pour in cooking wine, soy sauce and a little wate
Step11:Then pour in tofu. Don't stir it too much after cookin
Step12:Thicken once, stir slightly, then thicken agai
Step13:Finally, pour in pepper oil. Turn off the fire, and then use the remaining temperature to continue to gudu tofu
Step14:Serve tofu. Sprinkle with scallion. I'd like to have a bowl of white rice and wood
Cooking tips:① select the tofu in box. ② The tofu can be better tasted and not fragile if it is soaked in salt water for more than 10 minutes. ③ Blanch the tofu in a cold water pot. Add salt to remove the beancurd smell. Make the tofu not fragile. And you can re-enter the bottom taste. ④ Pour out tofu together with hot water. In order to make tofu not stick and taste better. ⑤ Stir fry the minced meat with medium heat. The oil temperature should not be high. Otherwise, the sauce is easy to paste. ⑥ The tofu should not be stir fried too much after being poured into the pot. ⑦ The surface of tofu is smooth. Thicken twice at last. There are skills in making delicious dishes.
