Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mapo tofu-style cellophane noodles (medium spicy). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mapo Tofu-style Cellophane Noodles (Medium Spicy) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Mapo Tofu-style Cellophane Noodles (Medium Spicy) is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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. Mapo tofu is spicy, peppery tender and delicious, watching food wars reminded me how much I love this dish so here is the recipe.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mapo tofu-style cellophane noodles (medium spicy) using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu-style Cellophane Noodles (Medium Spicy):

1. Take 100 grams Cellophane noodles
2. Prepare 1 clove's worth Garlic, finely chopped
3. Make ready 1 thumptip's worth Ginger, finely chopped
4. Prepare 5 cm's worth Japanese leek, finely chopped
5. Get 1 tsp Doubanjiang
6. Take 1/2 bunch Chinese garlic chives
7. Take 1 as much (to taste) Wood ear mushrooms
8. Prepare 1 Ra-yu
9. Make ready 1 Katakuriko mixed with water
10. Take Meat-miso
11. Prepare 200 grams Ground pork
12. Make ready 2 tbsp each Soy sauce, shaoxing wine
13. Make ready 1 tbsp Tianmianjiang
14. Make ready Sauce
15. Get 300 ml Chicken bone stock
16. Get 1 tbsp Oyster sauce
17. Take 1 tsp Sugar
18. Make ready 1 tbsp Soy sauce

My version of mapo tofu is a bit different, but a lot of yum. Heat the Sichuan peppercorns in a dry frying pan over medium-high heat until just starting to smoke. Use a mortar and pestle to grind to a fine powder. 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!

Instructions to make Mapo Tofu-style Cellophane Noodles (Medium Spicy):

1. Make the meat-miso. Heat a pan or wok and stir fry the ground pork. When the pork is crispy, add the shaoxing wine and soy sauce, then add the tianmianjiang. Take the meat-miso out of the pan.
2. Finely chop the garlic, ginger and leek. Rehydrate the wood ear mushrooms and slice into thin strips. Rehydrate the cellophane noodles by soaking them in plenty of boiling water for 5 minutes.
3. Put 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil and the doubanjiang into a pan or wok and stir fry. Add the garlic and ginger and continue stir frying.
4. When the pan is aromatic, add the chicken stock and the sauce ingredients.
5. When the soup in the pan has reduced to about 1/4 its original volume, season with salt and pepper. Add the katakuriko and water, and the ra-yu.
6. Add the Chinese chives, mix in quickly and the noodles are done.
7. It's delicious served on top of rice for a filling meal.
8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Use a mortar and pestle to grind to a fine powder. 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 those dishes … The most traditional Mapo Tofu was made without any thickeners - the tofu simply stewed in the sauce uncovered until it's reduced to the cook's liking. What this means for you is that the right tofu for this dish is likely soft tofu, or perhaps medium. This mapo tofu recipe is a popular Chinese dish from the Sichuan province of tofu and pork or beef stir fried in a spicy chili-bean sauce.

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