Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, Mapo Tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have Mapo Tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Mapo Tofu:
- 200 gms minced pork
- 450 gms silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes
- 2/3 cup chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water
- 1 tsp corn starch
- 3 tbsp ginger minced
- 3 tbsp garlic minced
- 6-8 dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes
- 1 tsp sichuan pepper coarsely ground
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp sesame oil
- 2-3 tbsp oil depending on the fattiness in pork
Instructions to make to make Mapo Tofu
- Heat oil in your wok over medium heat. Add your ground Sichuan peppercorns and stir occasionally for 30 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic, chillies fry until aromatic about 1-2 minute, then turn heat to high and add the ground pork. Break up the meat and fry it until itâs cooked through. add broth/water and let it come to a boil; turn heat to medium and let it continue to simmer. Meanwhile in 1/4cup of water add corn starch and mix thoroughly. Now add cornstarch mixture to the broth and stir.

- Let it continue to simmer and thicken slightly. Once slightly thick, add tofu, give a light stir, let it continue to cook for about 5 minutes, now stir in sesame oil and sugar, turn heat off, garnish with green onions and coriander and serve with a steaming hot bowl of boiled rice.
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