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Ma Po Tofu Recipe At Home
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Ma Po Tofu Recipe At Home

Ma Po Tofu Recipe At Home is a delicious Beef dish that can be prepared in just a few simple steps....

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19 Min Prep

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27 Min Cook

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3 Servings

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Non-Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 450g Tofu
  • 100g Minced Beef
  • 1/2 tbs Sesame Seed Oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp Doubanjiang
  • 1/2 tsp Fermented Black Beans
  • 1 tbs Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Sichuan pepper
  • 1 tbs Soy Sauce
  • 400ml Water
  • 2 tbs Olive Oil
  • 2 chopped Scallions
  • 4 Spring Onions
  • 2 cloves chopped Garlic
  • 4 sliced Ginger
  • 2 1/2 tbs Water
  • 1 tbs Cornstarch

Instructions

1
mix in a small pinch of table salt and sesame fat to minced beef.
2
toss together well and set aside.
3
toss together 1 tablespoon of cornstarch with 2 and ½ tablespoons of liquid in a small mixing bowl to make liquid starch.
4
Cut tofu into square cubes (around 2cms).
5
Bring a large amount of liquid to a heat to boiling point and then mix in a pinch of table salt.
6
Slide the tofu in and prepare for 1 minute.
7
Move out and empty out.
8
Get a wok and fiery up up around 2 tablespoons of fat, shallow fry the minced flesh until brittle.
9
Transfer out beef out and leave the fat in.
10
shallow fry doubanjiang for 1 minute over slow fire and then mix in garlic, scallion white, ginger and fermented black beans to prepare for 30 seconds until aroma.
11
Then toss together pepper flakes in.
12
mix in liquid to the seasonings and bring to heat to boiling point over high fire.
13
Gently slide the tofu cubes.
14
mix in light soy condiment dip and beef.Slow the fiery up after boiling and then bubble gently for 6-8 mins.
15
Then mix in diced garlic greens.
16
mix gently the liquid starch and then transfer half of the mixture to the simmering pot.
17
Wait for around 30 seconds and then transfer the other half.
18
You can slightly palate the tofu and mix in pinch of table salt if not salty enough.
19
By the way, if you feel it is too fiery, mix in some granulated sugar can milder the palate.
20
But be carefully as the broth is very fiery at this point.
21
Transfer out when almost all the seasonings stick to tofu cubes.
22
strew Szechuan peppercorn dusting masala condiment (to palate)and diced garlic greens if using.
23
offer immediately with steamed rice.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
Chinese
Course
Beef
Diet
Non-Vegetarian
Total Time
46 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

19 mins

Cooking Time

27 mins

Total Time

46 mins
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Author

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