Simple Way to Prepare Ultimate Authentic & Easy Mapo Doufu

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Authentic & Easy Mapo Doufu is 4 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook Authentic & Easy Mapo Doufu using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

I greatly simplified another recipe from one of my friends. If you measure all the ingredients correctly and have everything ready to go by Step 3, it will be done in no time. For the kids I leave out the red chiles and halve the amount of doubanjiang, and add doubanjiang later for the adults... and also add some more tofu then too. Recipe by sayurin

Ingredients and spices that need to be Prepare to make Authentic & Easy Mapo Doufu:

1. 200 grams Ground meat (beef and pork mix)
2. 1 block Silken tofu
3. 2/3 Leek
4. 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
5. 1 tbsp Sesame oil for flavor
6. 2 tbsp Katakuriko (to thicken the sauce)
7. [Spices]
8. 1 tbsp Doubanjiang
9. 1 tbsp Douchi
10. 1 clove Garlic
11. 1 piece Ginger
12. 2 Takanotsume
13. [Seasoning ingredients]
14. 200 ml Chicken stock granules
15. 2 tbsp Soy sauce
16. 2 tbsp Shaoxing wine or sake
17. 1 tbsp Oyster sauce

Steps to make to make Authentic & Easy Mapo Doufu

1. Chop the garlic and ginger finely, and combine with the de-seeded chili peppers, doubanjiang and douchi.
2. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of Weipa in 1 cup of water, and combine with oyster sauce, soy sauce, and Shaoxing wine.
3. Chop the leek finely, and slice the tofu in to 3 cm squares. Dissolve the katakuriko in an equal amount of water.
4. Heat vegetable oil in a wok, and saute the combined ingredients from Step 1 over low heat being careful not to burn it. This brings out the fragrance of the ingredients.
5. When it smells good, add the ground meat and break it up while mixing with the seasoning ingredients. Keep stir frying until crumbly. The oil should look quite clear.
6. When the meat is cooked through add the ingredients from Step 2 and bring to a boil, add the leek and tofu, and stir gently while simmering. If you have Szechuan peppers, add a little to taste.
7. When the tofu is heated through, add the katakuriko slurry little by little while stirring the sauce gently, then boil for about 40 seconds at a high heat to thicken. Lastly add sesame oil and mix together, simmer for an additional 30 seconds then turn off the heat.
8. If you are using silken tofu use as-is, if using firm tofu boil for a few minutes in salted water beforehand and drain. I've recently been adding 1 tablespoon of tianmianjang and garlic shoots.

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