Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Mapo Tofu

Mapo Tofu.

You can have Mapo Tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Mapo Tofu

1. Prepare 200 gms of minced pork.
2. You need 450 gms of silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes.
3. Prepare 2/3 cup of chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water.
4. You need 1 tsp of corn starch.
5. Prepare 3 tbsp of ginger minced.
6. You need 3 tbsp of garlic minced.
7. Prepare 6-8 of dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes.
8. You need 1 tsp of sichuan pepper coarsely ground.
9. Prepare 1/4 tsp of sugar.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of sesame oil.
11. It's 2-3 tbsp of oil depending on the fattiness in pork.

Mapo Tofu step by step

1. 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 it’s 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..
2. 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..