how to make Mapo Tofu

how to make Mapo Tofu. Here is the list of ingredients:

• 1 Package firm tofu
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• ¼ pound ground pork
• 1 ½ half doubanjiang
• 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
• 2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 2 Tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 Tablespoon water

Once you have your ingredients in hand, it’s a pretty simple recipe. You start off by blanching your tofu in salty water. Then, it’s just a question of frying the pork and doubanjiang, adding some chicken stock and thickening it up. Frying the doubanjiang and releasing the oils is what makes everything super tasty and fragrant. The sauce gets a bit of thickening up with cornstarch and everything is glossy and golden and clings perfectly to your tofu cubes. It’s a match made in heaven for fluffy rice.

Blanch the tofu. Gently simmer the tofu over low heat in salted water, then remove the pot from the heat and let it hang out in its salty bath.
Fry. Brown the pork so it crisps up a bit then add the doubanjiang and fry it so that the heat releases its spicy red oils. Stir in the garlic and ginger.
Sauce. Add the chicken stock and soy sauce and bring everything up to a bubble. Add the drained tofu cubes and stir in a cornstarch slurry. Simmer until the sauce is thick and gloss then you’re ready!