Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This vegan mapo tofu recipe is very similar to our ever-popular traditional mapo tofu. The main difference is that instead of ground pork, we're using finely chopped shiitake mushrooms to add. Cook until tofu is heated through. Transfer to a serving platter, drizzle with chili oil, and top with scallions and ground.
Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Get For the Sauce:
- Get 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
- Take 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
- Make ready 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
- Take 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
- Prepare 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
- Get 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
- Take For the Tofu:
- Make ready 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
- Make ready 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
- Get 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
- Get 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
- Get 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
- Get 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
- Prepare 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- Prepare 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Make ready 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)
Vegetarian mapo tofu - So easy to make and irresistibly delicious. The tender tofu and mushrooms are simmered in a rich sauce that's bursting with flavor. This is a vegetarian (vegan) version developed from the traditional mapo tofu recipe. In recent years, vegan and vegetarian diets have been more and more popular.
Instructions to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
- Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
- Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
- Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).
This is a vegetarian (vegan) version developed from the traditional mapo tofu recipe. In recent years, vegan and vegetarian diets have been more and more popular. We got lots of restaurant focusing on. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is an iconic Sichuan dish that's traditionally made from tofu, and ground Since the only ingredient in traditional Mapo Tofu that isn't vegan is the ground meat, it seems like a simple. Mushrooms make this vegan mapo tofu recipe tastier and healthier than the ground meat version.
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