Marble Tofu Ingredients
I love cooking mapo tofu for a quick lunch or dinner.
Marble tofu ingredients. I used leftover ham instead of ground pork it turned out great. Stir occasionally and heat until fragrant. 6 spring onions sliced on the diagonal. For marinating soft tofu is more fitful than firm tofu and for stir frying and deep frying firm tofu is better than soft tofu.
If you have homemade toasted chili oil you can skip this step. I used to make mabo tofu from a mix but lately i m trying to make things from scratch to avoid the chemicals that come in processed foods. Add cup of the oil and throw in the fresh and dried peppers. Sichuan chilli bean paste.
Heat your wok or a small saucepan over low heat. 3 garlic cloves chopped. Also used red chili sauce instead of the hot. This was easy to make you know exactly what goes in it.
Mapo tofu 麻婆豆腐 ma po dou fu is one of the most popular classic sichuan dishes. An easy mapo tofu recipe that creates the authentic taste of china. I don t use it in many cake recipes but for dense moist cakes like pound cake it is absolutely the best for replicating the right texture dense moist soft and tender. I put in eggplant green peppers that really added to the dish.
There are many types of tofu product on market from soft tofu to firm tofu from tofu skin to dried tofu etc. Fermented black beans rinsed optional available from souschef co uk. What ingredients do i need. I love this recipe.
2cm piece ginger peeled and finely chopped. Light chicken stock or water. Sometimes i double the meat and sauce so it. When i was working on my vegan lemon pound cake recipe i found that after a lot of testing silken tofu was the best egg replacer for pound cake so i used it again here.
Mapo tofu recipe instructions scroll down to the recipe card for the full list of ingredients first we toast the chilies.