Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, easy authentic mapo tofu with miso and doubanjiang. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
An easy mapo tofu recipe that creates the authentic taste of China. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes. Doubanjiang (豆瓣酱), also known as spicy fermented bean paste and broad bean sauce, is the most important ingredient in this dish. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province.
Easy Authentic Mapo Tofu with Miso and Doubanjiang is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Easy Authentic Mapo Tofu with Miso and Doubanjiang is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy authentic mapo tofu with miso and doubanjiang using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Authentic Mapo Tofu with Miso and Doubanjiang:
- Get 1 block Tofu (firm or silken)
- Prepare 1/2 Japanese leek
- Prepare 50 grams Ground meat (chicken or pork)
- Get 1 tbsp Doubanjiang
- Make ready 1 tsp Garlic (tube garlic is fine)
- Get 1 tbsp ☆Miso
- Get 200 ml ☆Water
- Prepare 1 tsp ☆Chicken soup stock granules
- Get 1 tsp ☆Sugar
- Get 1 dessert spoon Oyster sauce (if you have it)
- Get 1 Oil
- Make ready 1 Sesame oil
- Take 1 Ra-yu
- Take 1 tbsp Katakuriko
Doubanjiang is a spicy fermented mix of soy and broad beans. It's been called the soul of Sichuan cooking and it's what will give your mapo tofu that glorious. The name mapo tofu seems a bit bizarre at first blush - literally translated, it's a truncation of mázi pópo (麻子婆婆), which basically means 'pockmarked old woman.' If you must substitute for doubanjiang, look to another pungent/salty sauce like red miso or Korean doenjang. It's very easy to make, too.
Instructions to make Easy Authentic Mapo Tofu with Miso and Doubanjiang:
- I didn't have any ground meat this time so I used chicken breast meat and cut it finely. Cut the Japanese leek and garlic finely (you can also use garlic from a tube). Cut the tofu into roughly 24 pieces.
- Add the oil, garlic, and doubanjiang into the frying pan and heat. If you want to make it spicy, add some takanotsume. Add the ground meat and stir-fry.
- Mix the ☆ ingredients beforehand and then add to the frying pan. (Add oyster sauce too if you have it.) Bring the ingredients to a boil and then add the Japanese leek and tofu.
- Add the katakuriko dissolved in some water. Add some sesame oil and ra-yu as a finishing touch and you're done.
The name mapo tofu seems a bit bizarre at first blush - literally translated, it's a truncation of mázi pópo (麻子婆婆), which basically means 'pockmarked old woman.' If you must substitute for doubanjiang, look to another pungent/salty sauce like red miso or Korean doenjang. It's very easy to make, too. Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many Real Szechuan doubanjiang is full of flavor after long time of fermentation. This easy Mapo Tofu recipe 麻婆豆腐 has the bursting and mouth-numbing flavor that you must try.
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