Famous Sichuan cuisine - Mapo Tofu

Overview

Mapo Tofu is a famous product in Sichuan cuisine, one of the eight major Chinese cuisines. The main raw material is tofu, which is characterized by spicy, spicy, hot, fragrant, crispy, tender, fresh and lively, which is called the eight-character motto. The main ingredients include tofu, minced beef (pork can also be used), chili and Sichuan peppercorns, etc. The numbness comes from Sichuan peppercorns and the spiciness comes from chili peppers. This dish highlights the spicy characteristics of Sichuan cuisine.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• sichuan cuisine
• cooking wine
• minced pork
• onions
• pixian red bean paste
• sichuan pepper powder
• starch
• tofu
• zanthoxylum bungeanum
• pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Rinse the tofu with clean water and cut it into cubes; if time allows, add a little salt and blanch the water. This will make the tofu taste tender and refreshing, and it will not break easily during the frying process;

   

2. 2 Sprinkle a little salt on the minced meat, pour an appropriate amount of cooking wine to marinate for preparation;

   

3. 3 Chop the bean paste; after mincing, the finished product will be better;

   

4. 4 Pour an appropriate amount of vegetable oil into the pot and heat it up, put the minced meat into the pot and stir-fry over medium heat until the minced meat turns white, take it out;

   

5. 5 Leave some oil in the pot and stir-fry the bean paste until fragrant;

   

6. 6 Stir-fry the red bean paste into red oil, add water (or stock), Sichuan peppercorns, chili powder, and pepper and bring to a boil;

   

7. 7 Add the stir-fried minced pork and tofu cubes, cover and cook over medium-low heat for 8 minutes;

   

8. 8 After the tofu is cooked, add water starch and stir-fry evenly; after taking it out of the pot, put it on a plate and sprinkle with an appropriate amount of pepper powder and chopped green onion.