Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mapo Tofu is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mapo tofu using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Take 1 pack Soft tofu, 1 lb chopped in cubes
2. Prepare 100 g minced Beef
3. Make ready 1 Scallion chopped, separate white and green
4. Get 1 tbsp minced Ginger, fresh
5. Get 1 tbsp minced Garlic, fresh
6. Make ready 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
7. Get 2 Dried chilies
8. Get 3 tbsp Cornstarch with cold water
9. Get 1/3 cup Water
10. Prepare 2 tsp Sesame oil
11. Prepare 2 tbsp Chili black bean paste (Doubanjiang)
12. Get 2 tbsp Soy sauce
13. Take 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan pepper
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground White pepper
15. Take 1/2 tsp Salt

Steps to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Add soft tofu and salt in boiling water for just 1 minute. Mix well minced beef with 1 tbsp soy sauce and ground white pepper.
2. Heat up a pan with sesame oil and Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant. Pick up the fried peppercorns and set aside.
3. In the pan add marinated beef and fry until dried and brown. Add doubanjiang, ginger, garlic until fragrant. Then add hot water, 1 tbsp soy sauce, and tofu in and stir well gently. Simmer with lid on low heat for 3 minutes.
4. Add the fried Sichuan peppercorns, dried chilies, ground Sichuan pepper, scallion whites and stir well with cornstarch slurry until perfectly thickened, and remove from heat. Sprinkle fresh scallion greens on top. Then Bon Appétit!
5. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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