How to make Mapo Tofu or Mapo Doufu. Very Popular Chinese dish from the Sichuan region. Tofu in a spicy hot chili and bean-based sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, and often cooked with doubanjiang (broad bean paste) and douchi (fermented black beans) and minced meat, usually pork.-------------------------------------*** RECIPE STARTS ***-------------------------------------1. Prep work----------------Finely chop 1 big / 2 small garlic clove.Finely chop 1 thumb of gingerFinely chop white part on spring onions.Bias chop the green parts.Dilute 1 tbsp cornstarch in 3 tbsp water.Roast 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorns. then grind or bash.Cut tofu into 2cm 1 inch cubes.Boil in salted water 2 minutes.Drain and set aside.2. Cook--------Hot wok.Add 2 tbsp oil.100g ground porkfry until almost cooked.Drop 1 heaped tbsp DOU BAN JIANG, then stir.Drop 2 tsp douchi. stir.Drop ginger.stir.Drop garlic.stir.Drop spring onions, white part.Stir and Fry until fragrant.not too much though :)Deglaze withAdd 2/3 cup of waterBoil , then Add slurry, stir.Add tofu.gently gently push back and forth.Good drizzle chili oil.Small drizzle sesame oil.3. Finish---------Transfer to serving dish.Sprinkle ground sichuan.Sprinkle with green spring onions.Bowl of rice on the side.Enjoy the heat.-------------------------------------*** END ***-------------------------------------************************ LOVE & SUPPORT ************************Support my work on : https://www.patreon.com/frenchguycooking--Patreon is a cool way for creators to achieve a sustainable income by being financially supported by their lovely community ! You get to do something GOOD and, icing on cake, you also get different types of rewards ! ***************** SUBTITLES *****************You want to Help everyone understand that F* French ??Submit your own subtitle in any language here : http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A**************** MERCH ****************I have my own BRAND ! Stickers, posters and Pizza Shirt and Power-drill guns in the kitchen :) Buy them and support the French Guy's adventures on : http://www.dftba.com/frenchguycooking**************** FACEBOOK ****************http://www.facebook.com/frenchguycooking for mouth watering photos and good discussions ;)****************** INSTAGRAM ******************http://instagram.com/frenchguycooking************** TWITTER **************http://www.twitter.com/frenchguycookin*************************** COOKBOOK PROJECT ***************************I am thinking of making an ber cool cookbook, so if you are interested, drop me a line there : http://www.frenchguycooking.com/the-cookbook-projectLots of love,Alex
