Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)
Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

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Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province. Legend has it that an old woman in Sichuan was known for serving a delicious tofu dish. This woman had one distinguishing physical characteristic: pock marks covered her face.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook spicy mapo tofu (healthier version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
  1. Get soft silken organic tofu (package)
  2. Get green onion
  3. Take garlic
  4. Make ready ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb )
  5. Get ground pork
  6. Get star anise
  7. Take salt
  8. Take black pepper or white pepper
  9. Prepare oyster sauce
  10. Make ready hoisin sauce
  11. Make ready garlic chili sauce
  12. Take sirracha
  13. Take shaoxing rice wine
  14. Take chicken stock
  15. Make ready avocado oil
  16. Prepare cayenne pepper powder
  17. Get chili powder
  18. Make ready crushed red pepper
  19. Make ready dark soy sauce
  20. Get cilantro chopped discard stem
  21. Prepare cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water
  22. Make ready dry red chilis
  23. Prepare white rice

Mapo tofu is one of the signature dish from Sichuan, China. Silky soft tofu swimming in delicous spicy sauce. Mapo tofu is also a dish that very easy to turning into plant based/vegetarian dish. All you have to do is us different protein, vegetarian oyster sauce and veggie.

Instructions to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):
  1. Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside.
  2. Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min
  3. In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic
  4. Add in ground pork mixture and brown.
  5. When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil.
  6. Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed
  7. Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro
  8. Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together

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