Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, ma po tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. "Ma" stands for mázi, 麻子, which means pockmarks. "Po" is the first syllable of pópo, 婆婆, which means an old woman or grandma. 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! Дела пошли в гору, и супруги Чэнь переименовали свою харчевню в «Чэнь Ма По Доуфу Дянь», или «Постоялый двор «Тофу рябой старухи Чэнь» (кит. 陈麻婆豆腐店, пиньинь Chen Ma Po. 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. Personally I like to cook this dish at home from time.

Ma Po Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Ma Po Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ma po tofu using 19 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Ma Po Tofu:

1. Take 200 grams Minced Pork
2. Take 2 pack Silken Tofu
3. Make ready 10 grams Ginger
4. Prepare 1 piece Garlic
5. Take 1/2 pieces Leek (Naganegi)
6. Prepare As needed Spring Onion
7. Make ready 2 tbsp Salad Oil (cooking Oil)
8. Prepare <Ma Po Sauce>
9. Take 2 tsp Chili Bean Sauce (If your kids do not like spicy one, use 1tsp Chili Bean Sauce)
10. Make ready 2 tsp Hoisin Sauce
11. Prepare 2 tsp Soy Sauce
12. Make ready 1 tsp Oyster Sauce
13. Take 1 tsp Sugar
14. Make ready 1 tbsp Sake (Rice cooking wine)
15. Make ready 2 tsp Chinese Soup Stock
16. Take 100 ml Water
17. Take <dissolved potato starch>
18. Prepare 2 tsp Potato Starch
19. Make ready 2 tsp Water

Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who ran a small Over recent years, Mapo tofu started appearing on the menus of oversea Chinese restaurants. Mapo Tofu can be found in nearly any Chinese restaurant around the world with hundreds of variations adapting the piquant original to suit local tastes. This dish can also be called the Mapo Doufu. Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province.

Instructions to make Ma Po Tofu:

1. Combine the Ma Po Sauce ingredients in a bowl. Mix Potato starch and water to make dissolved potato starch in another bowl.
2. Mince Leek, ginger and garlic.
3. Cut the Tofu into 2cm square. Boil it for 2 minutes with hot water and drain with hot water.
4. Heat Salad Oil in a frying pan and add garlic, ginger and cook until tender over low heat. Add Leek and Minced Pork and fry until browned, add Ma Po Sauce into the pan.
5. Put Tofu in the pan and mix gently so as not to destroy Tofu.
6. Add dissolved potato starch. After that,put it in a plate.
7. Hoisin Sauce SG$3.70/240g at FairPrice
8. Chili Bean Sause SG$3.70/226g at FairPrice

This dish can also be called the Mapo Doufu. Mapo tofu (pronounced mapo doufu in Mandarin, 麻婆豆腐) originates from China's Sichuan Province. Legend has it that an old woman in Sichuan was known for serving a delicious tofu dish. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà balance of tongue tingling and spicy. First of all, Ma Po Tofu's main flavor is the Sichuan peppercorn.

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