Hello everybody, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy mapo tofu (healthier version). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This Craft Essence features Mapo Tofu of Fuyuki's Hongzhou Feast Hall: Taishan, the favorite dish of Kotomine Kirei from Fate/Stay Night. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province. Mapo tofu was my introduction to the tongue numbing sensation of Sichuan peppercorns.

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

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version):

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

The classic recipe consists of silken tofu, ground pork or beef, fermented broad beans & soybeans (doubanjiang) While the original Shichuan Mapo Tofu is pretty spicy, the Japanese version is usually mild so even children can enjoy it. This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants! Mapo tofu is one of the signature dish from Sichuan, China. Silky soft tofu swimming in delicous spicy sauce.

Steps 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

Mapo tofu is one of the signature dish from Sichuan, China. Silky soft tofu swimming in delicous spicy sauce. Originally, mapo tofu is very oily dish but I made this recipe more easy on our tummy by reducing excess fat amount. Mapo tofu is also a dish that very easy to turning. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who Both of Sichuan chilli bean paste (aka spicy Doubanjiang) and chilli powder contribute to the spiciness.

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