Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They are fine and they look wonderful. Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mapo tofu using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Make ready 200 gms minced pork
2. Make ready 450 gms silken tofu cut in 1 inch cubes
3. Prepare 2/3 cup chicken/ vegetable broth or plain water
4. Get 1 tsp corn starch
5. Get 3 tbsp ginger minced
6. Make ready 3 tbsp garlic minced
7. Take 6-8 dried red chillies roughly chopped, or you could use 1-2 tsp of chillie flakes
8. Prepare 1 tsp sichuan pepper coarsely ground
9. Make ready 1/4 tsp sugar
10. Take 1/4 tsp sesame oil
11. Make ready 2-3 tbsp oil depending on the fattiness in pork

Instructions to make Mapo Tofu:

1. Heat oil in your wok over medium heat. Add your ground Sichuan peppercorns and stir occasionally for 30 seconds. Add the ginger, garlic, chillies fry until aromatic about 1-2 minute, then turn heat to high and add the ground pork. Break up the meat and fry it until it’s cooked through. add broth/water and let it come to a boil; turn heat to medium and let it continue to simmer. Meanwhile in 1/4cup of water add corn starch and mix thoroughly. Now add cornstarch mixture to the broth and stir.
2. Let it continue to simmer and thicken slightly. Once slightly thick, add tofu, give a light stir, let it continue to cook for about 5 minutes, now stir in sesame oil and sugar, turn heat off, garnish with green onions and coriander and serve with a steaming hot bowl of boiled rice.
3. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

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