Mabo Dofu
Mabo Dofu

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The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. The ever popular Sichuan Mapo Tofu! If you're a bit on the fence about tofu, this is definitely one of the best 'gateway tofu' dishes. Mabo Dofu - 麻婆豆腐 - Cooking Japanese Mabo Dofu or Mabo Tofu is the Japanese version of the Chinese dish Mapo Tofu.

Mabo Dofu is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Mabo Dofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have mabo dofu using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mabo Dofu:
  1. Take Flour-Water Slurry
  2. Take 1/4 c flour
  3. Make ready 1/3 to 1/2 c of water
  4. Take Seasoning
  5. Prepare to taste (sea) salt
  6. Take 1 tsp garlic powder
  7. Get 1/4 c dashi (dried Japanese fish stock) or 1-2 tbsp of miso or 1-2 chicken bouillion [this is really to taste, since it's used to add the most savory flavour]
  8. Get 1 pinch turmeric powder (for color) OPTIONAL
  9. Take 1 pinch paprika (for color) OPTIONAL
  10. Prepare 2 tbsp ground chili or 1 tbsp of fresh spicy pepper (I use habanero) OPTIONAL
  11. Take 2 tbsp soy sauce
  12. Prepare 1 tbsp sesame oil
  13. Get Filling
  14. Take 4 baby bok choy, sliced or diced
  15. Prepare 1 1/2 stalks celery, sliced or diced
  16. Make ready 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  17. Get 1 1/2 box soft tofu, cut into small cubes
  18. Take 1/2 lb ground beef or other (about beef/pork/turkey: be sure to "cut" into small pieces when cooking so you don't end up with meat clumped together)

Mabo Tofu (or Mapo Tofu) is one of the very popular Chinese dishes in Japan. Tofu in a garlicky, spicy meat sauce is vey tasty, and it goes very well with Steamed Rice. This recipe teach you a easy way to cook authentic mapo tofu that tastes like the one you have in a Authentic Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐). Mapo Doufu, or Mabo Tofu (マーボー豆腐) is a popular Chinese dish in Japan.

Steps to make Mabo Dofu:
  1. In a small bowl mix the water and flour, gradually adding the flour. Be sure that it's not too thin or too thick. Set aside mixture for later. - - Note: It should feel like you've added a bit of water to some honey, still somewhat thick but moves a lot smoother.
  2. In a pan, add some oil and saute the meat until brown. Season lightly with salt. Add the veggies and cook till soft, then add the tofu last. - - Note: Garlic and spicy pepper should be cooked last among the vegetables to avoid burning.
  3. Add your seasonings, then the flour-water slurry and mix thoroughly immediately. If it seems like it's too thick, add some water to thin it out. When everything has thickened up nicely and sticks together more or less, it's done! Serve over rice.
  4. THIS IS NOT A STEP; if you feel that the ingredient list is way too long then just go with a basic mabo dofu recipe using just the ground meat, your choice of veggies and the dashi, soy sauce, sesame oil and salt. That's really all you need, everything else is just my preference, such as the habanero.

This recipe teach you a easy way to cook authentic mapo tofu that tastes like the one you have in a Authentic Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐). Mapo Doufu, or Mabo Tofu (マーボー豆腐) is a popular Chinese dish in Japan. Sweeter and less spicy than the Sichuan original Mabo Tofu. If you've reached this point your sauce should be prepared and at First, we'll need to gather and prepare a few ingredients… Main Mabo Tofu Ingredients The name mapo tofu translates as pockmarked woman's tofu, and legend has it she was the wife of a restaurant owner in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province. Mapo tofu is a famous Sichuan tofu dish that has plenty of mala, the signature numbing spiciness of good Sichuan food.

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