Spicy dish of Tofu and minced meat. 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! Tofu with Minced Meat (肉酱豆腐) is one of my family's favourite dishes and I have cooked it for many years but never got tired of it. This dish is really good with a bowl of warm fluffy white rice, and we often fought over the savoury gravy.
Once I asked a group of non-Chinese friends who had experiences of real Chinese food: "What is your favourite tofu dish?" They all answered: "Mapo. Spicy Warm Silken Tofu With Celery and Cilantro Salad. Mushrooms and Tofu With Chinese Mustard Greens. You can cook Spicy dish of Tofu and minced meat using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Spicy dish of Tofu and minced meat
- Prepare 1 package of Tofu.
- Prepare 250 of ground pork.
- It's 1 clove of garlic, minced.
- Prepare 1 tsp of ginger, minced.
- You need 4 of scallions.
- It's 1 TBSP of chili paste with fermented soy bean(豆板醤).
- You need of ☆2 TBSP cooking sake.
- You need of ☆1 TBSP sweet bean sauce.
- It's of ☆1 TBSP soy sauce.
- It's of ☆1 tsp chicken soup powder (or hondashi, or chinese seasoning).
- It's of ☆1 tsp sugar.
- Prepare of ☆1 cup water.
- Prepare of ●1 TBSP potato starch with 1/4 water.
- Prepare 1 TBSP of sesame oil.
This dish was inspired by a Cantonese minced squab dish, but the idea works just as well with vegetable-based ingredients. Tofu with minced pork is one home-cooked dish that served in every Chinese household. Tofu with minced pork is easy to cook, and most of all delicious with a bowl of fluffy, steaming hot white rice. You did not miss out anything in the tofu and minced meat recipe.
Spicy dish of Tofu and minced meat step by step
- Separate scallion into green and white parts and mince them both..
- In a large pan, medium-high heat sauté garlic, ginger and white part of scallions until you get the aroma..
- Add ground pork until it changes the color, 3 minutes..
- Add chili paste with fermented soy bean(豆板醤).
- Add all the ingredients of ☆ into the pan and cook until it boils..
- Add tofu and cook it until it boils again for 3 minutes to give the tofu flavor.
- Turn the heat down to low and add ● mixture of potato starch and mix it very well. (The sauce will get thicker).
- Turn the heat up and drizzle sesame oil and green scallions, heat for one minute..
Adding the cornflour to the sauce. PAN FRY THE TOFU Preheat a large pan or skillet with cooking oil over medium heat. I don't make this dish spicy because of my kids. Though they can tolerate a bit of heat, but I didn't make it spicy. Chicken or pork are the typical meat of choice, though pork is definitely more traditional.