No Spam Recipes

Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu — a chinese recipe, 12 ingredients, about 30 min.

Serves 2 · 30 min · Chinese

contains glutencontains meatcontains alcohol

No forks yet — be the first Sign in to rate
Sign in to save

Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 small piece of ginger, minced (about 2 tsp)
  • 1–2 tsp crushed dried chile pepper
  • 200 g (7 oz) minced beef, or pork
  • 4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 500 g (1 lb) silken tofu, cubed
  • 2 tbsp chili bean paste (la doubanjiang)
  • 1 tbsp Szechuan pepper, roasted and ground
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice wine
  • 3–4 green onions, cut into 2 cm (1 inch) pieces
  • 2–3 mushrooms (tree ears preferred; optional)

Steps

  1. If using dried mushrooms, soak them in hot water for 10 minutes while preparing the rest of the ingredients, then slice before adding later.
  2. Sauté onion with ginger and crushed chili.
  3. Add minced meat and garlic, and fry until brown.
  4. Mix in other ingredients (including sliced mushrooms), lower heat, and simmer for 5–10 minutes.
  5. Serve over steamed jasmine rice.

We refine our recipes every week — check back for sharper, clearer steps.

Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0