Recipe: Tasty Delicious Mapo Doufu

Delicious Mapo Doufu.

You can cook Delicious Mapo Doufu using 16 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Delicious Mapo Doufu

1. Prepare 2 of blocks Firm tofu.
2. Prepare 300 grams of Ground meat (beef, pork or a blend).
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of Doubanjiang.
4. Prepare 2 clove of Garlic.
5. You need 1 of the same amount as the garlic Ginger.
6. You need 1 of to 2 stalks Japanese leek.
7. You need 1 of Vegetable oil.
8. You need 1 of Sesame oil.
9. Prepare 2 tbsp of Katakuriko.
10. You need 1 of Sansho pepper or Sichuan pepper.
11. Prepare of Sauce combination:.
12. Prepare 3 tbsp of Tianmianjiang.
13. It's 2 tbsp of Soy sauce.
14. You need 100 ml of Sake.
15. You need 200 ml of Chinese soup stock (1.5 tablespoons of granules).
16. Prepare 2 tsp of Sugar.

Delicious Mapo Doufu step by step

1. Drain the excess water from the firm tofu by leaving it for a while in a sieve. If you are short on time, wrap the tofu in paper towels to drain faster..
2. Combine the ★ sauce ingredients (just mix together)..
3. Finely chop the ginger and leek, and stir fry the ginger and some of the leek (about 1/2 a stalk) in a generous amount of oil..
4. Add the doubanjiang, and continue stir-frying (very thoroughly!).
5. Add the ground meat and continue stir frying..
6. Add the combined sauce ingredients and bring to a boil..
7. Add the drained firm tofu and simmer for about 5 minutes..
8. Add the sesame oil and the rest of the chopped leek, and stir in lightly..
9. Turn off the heat and add the katakuriko slurry to thicken the sauce..
10. Arrange on a serving plate and it's done! Sprinkle with shansho pepper to taste..