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Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style Recipe

 ·  ☕ 2 min read  ·  ✍️ Derek Neal

Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style
Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style

Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mabo dofu (tofu) japanese style. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Mabo Dofu is a Japanese adaptation of Chinese Mapo Tofu. In the same way that American Chinese food has been adapted to use locally available ingredients to appeal to American tastes, there is a whole genre of Japanese-style Chinese cuisine called wafu-chuka (和風中華 - literally. The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. Have you tried mapo tofu yet? and if so, how about the meatless version? for this japanese style mapo tofu, we're going to be using a couple non-traditional.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mabo dofu (tofu) japanese style using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style:
  1. Prepare 500 g Tofu *Momen Tofu is preferred
  2. Prepare 250-300 g Pork Mince
  3. Make ready Garlic 1 clove *finely chopped
  4. Prepare Ginger 1 small piece *finely chopped
  5. Prepare 4 Thick Spring Onions *finely chopped
  6. Take 1 tablespoon Oil
  7. Prepare <Sauce Ingredients>
  8. Get 1 tablespoon Dark Colour Miso
  9. Make ready 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
  10. Make ready 1 tablespoon Sugar
  11. Prepare 2-3 teaspoons Toban Djan (Chili Bean Sauce)
  12. Get 2 tablespoons Sake
  13. Take 1 cup Chicken Stock (or Water 1 cup & Asian Chicken Bouillon Powder 1 teaspoon)
  14. Get 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
  15. Get 1 tablespoon Potato Starch

Tobanjan is fermented chilli bean paste made from broad and soybeans. Mapo Tofu (mabo dofu in Japanese) is originally Chinese but it's also a common dish that nearly every family in Japan have regularly. Also the fact that Japanese-style mabo dofu is a bit different from authentic Chinese Mapo Tofu makes it even more interesting. Drain the tofu, then place the tofu on a paper towel and wrap it loosely with the paper towel.

Steps to make Mabo Dofu (Tofu) Japanese Style:
  1. Prepare vegetables. Basically you need to finely chop up everything. Save green part of Spring Onion for the topping when you serve. Cut Tofu into bite-size cubes.
  2. Place all the sauce ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well. This has to be done before you start cooking. Cooking process doesn’t take long at all.
  3. Heat Oil in a large frying pan or a wok, cook Pork Mince and vegetables breaking up the mince.
  4. Before you add the sauce mixture into the pan, mix it well again. Then pour in the sauce mixture and bring it to boil and let it thicken.
  5. Add Tofu and gently mix and combine.
  6. Sprinkle the chopped green part of Spring Onion on top and serve.
  7. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Also the fact that Japanese-style mabo dofu is a bit different from authentic Chinese Mapo Tofu makes it even more interesting. Drain the tofu, then place the tofu on a paper towel and wrap it loosely with the paper towel. Add the katakuriko mixture and stir through to thicken the dish. Garnish with the chopped coriander and season with sansho to taste. Mapo tofu is a popular Sichuan dish — tofu in a spicy sauce, featuring pork or beef as more of a seasoning than the main event.

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