Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu). One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
Ingredients
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Prepare 1 eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes
- Prepare 1/2 of silky tofu diced into small cubes
- Take Chopped/sliced green onion
- Take Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics)
- Get Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp)
- Make ready 1 dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar)
- Make ready 2 tsp Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more)
- Prepare Mushrooms powder
- Prepare Soy sauces
- Get 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Prepare Water
Serve over rice with a simple green salad for a complete meal. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. The classic recipe consists of silken tofu, ground pork or beef, fermented broad beans You might want to cook the eggplant first take it out, cook the meat, and add the eggplant back in. So you won't be stir frying eggplant for a long time.
Instructions
Instructions to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Using your skillet over medium high heat, roasted the eggplants until turning brown. Set aside.
- Meanwhile microwave the dates in 40 seconds. Smashed it and strained it.
- Still using the skillet add the dates liquid, garlics, ginger, mushrooms powder,gochujang paste, cayenne pepper, and soy sauce. Add more water, mixed well then add the tofu.
- Cover with the lid, and let it boiled.
- When the tofu mixture boiled add the eggplant, mixed well. Put in a simmer until the eggplant is cooked and tender.
- In a small bowl mixed the cornstarch and water. Pouring into the eggplant mixture, stir quickly, taste it and add the green onion. Turn off the heat.
- Then the spicy eggplant mapo tofu is ready to served along with steam rice or brown rice as your choice. Enjoy 😊
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Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà balance of tongue tingling and spicy. Anyway, this recipe called for a lot of oil, but I cut it down because it's not unnecessary I used a technique called 'dry frying' the tofu, which eliminates the oil 'needed'. All Reviews for Eggplant and Tofu Stir-Fry. Eggplant and Tofu Stir-Fry. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine.
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