Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mapo tofu using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Make ready 1 pack Soft tofu, 1 lb chopped in cubes
2. Make ready 100 g minced Beef
3. Take 1 Scallion chopped, separate white and green
4. Get 1 tbsp minced Ginger, fresh
5. Prepare 1 tbsp minced Garlic, fresh
6. Take 1 tsp Sichuan peppercorns
7. Get 2 Dried chilies
8. Prepare 3 tbsp Cornstarch with cold water
9. Prepare 1/3 cup Water
10. Prepare 2 tsp Sesame oil
11. Make ready 2 tbsp Chili black bean paste (Doubanjiang)
12. Prepare 2 tbsp Soy sauce
13. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan pepper
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp ground White pepper
15. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt

Steps to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Add soft tofu and salt in boiling water for just 1 minute. Mix well minced beef with 1 tbsp soy sauce and ground white pepper.
2. Heat up a pan with sesame oil and Sichuan peppercorns until fragrant. Pick up the fried peppercorns and set aside.
3. In the pan add marinated beef and fry until dried and brown. Add doubanjiang, ginger, garlic until fragrant. Then add hot water, 1 tbsp soy sauce, and tofu in and stir well gently. Simmer with lid on low heat for 3 minutes.
4. Add the fried Sichuan peppercorns, dried chilies, ground Sichuan pepper, scallion whites and stir well with cornstarch slurry until perfectly thickened, and remove from heat. Sprinkle fresh scallion greens on top. Then Bon Appétit!
5. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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