Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. Make a trip to the Asian market and make one of your favorite Chinese food dishes at Eggplant Mapo Tofu.

Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):

1. Prepare 1 eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes
2. Get 1/2 of silky tofu diced into small cubes
3. Make ready Chopped/sliced green onion
4. Get Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics)
5. Take Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp)
6. Prepare 1 dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar)
7. Make ready 2 tsp Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more)
8. Take Mushrooms powder
9. Make ready Soy sauces
10. Make ready 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
11. Get 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
12. Get Water

Mapo Eggplant, or what we call Mabo Nasu (麻婆茄子) in Japan, is a delicious stir-fried eggplant dish with ground pork and seasoned with a bold savory sauce. Among the range of Chinese sauces packaged under CookDo, Mapo Tofu and Mapo Eggplant are the most popular choices. SPICY EGGPLANT & TOFU. I've never had this dish at Panda Express but I recreated it anyway; my way of course. It looks like there are a lot of.

Steps to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):

1. Using your skillet over medium high heat, roasted the eggplants until turning brown. Set aside.
2. Meanwhile microwave the dates in 40 seconds. Smashed it and strained it.
3. Still using the skillet add the dates liquid, garlics, ginger, mushrooms powder,gochujang paste, cayenne pepper, and soy sauce. Add more water, mixed well then add the tofu.
4. Cover with the lid, and let it boiled.
5. When the tofu mixture boiled add the eggplant, mixed well. Put in a simmer until the eggplant is cooked and tender.
6. In a small bowl mixed the cornstarch and water. Pouring into the eggplant mixture, stir quickly, taste it and add the green onion. Turn off the heat.
7. Then the spicy eggplant mapo tofu is ready to served along with steam rice or brown rice as your choice. Enjoy 😊
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9. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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