Non-spicy Mapo Tofu
Non-spicy Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, non-spicy mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mapo tofu (also called mabo tofu) is a popular Chinese dish that originates from the Szechuan province. These days, it can be found in a variety of This is a general recipe for mapo tofu, which does not contain any chili peppers or other spicy ingredients. For the super spicy version seen in.

Non-spicy Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Non-spicy Mapo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have non-spicy mapo tofu using 14 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Non-spicy Mapo Tofu:
  1. Make ready No chilly homemade Hong You or any Cooking oil
  2. Take 1 big block of Tofu (I prefer Hard Tofu)
  3. Get 300 gr beef mince
  4. Make ready 1 whole capsicum or a mix of different colour capsicums
  5. Take 1 stalk Celery
  6. Make ready 8 dried shiitake mushrooms
  7. Make ready 10 white button mushrooms
  8. Make ready Spring onions
  9. Get Black pepper
  10. Get Soy sauce
  11. Take Oyster sauce
  12. Prepare Sesame oil
  13. Get 1/2 cup corn starch
  14. Get Bean sprouts (Optional)

Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. If your tofu dries out at all, you can stir-fry it for a minute or two with extra sauce, to add. This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants! Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine.

Instructions to make Non-spicy Mapo Tofu:
  1. Hong you (red oil) is totally my favourite thing. It smells amazing and goes well with BBQ, too. You can find Hong You recipe on the internet. If you don't want spiciness, just don't put chillies in your oil. If you don't have hong you, it's okay, any cooking oil would do but hong you makes your mapo tofu smell amazing.
  2. Gently clean the dried shiitake mushrooms then dip them in a bowl of hot water until soft. Keep this water.
  3. Capsicum, celery, mushrooms all chopped. Tofu chopped into 1cm³ blocks.
  4. Heat oil in a hot wok at high heat.
  5. If you only don't really like eating celery and capsicum and just want them for the smell, throw them in now.
  6. Add beef mince and stir until cooked.
  7. Throw in the mushrooms.
  8. Add a tablespoon of oyster sauce and soy sauce to taste. Stir well.
  9. Add 2, 3 more tablespoon off soy sauce so it is slightly saltier than you would like but not too salty.
  10. Once the shiitake mushrooms are soft enough to bite, add tofu, a bit of shiitake water and shimmer for a few minutes. If you like to eat celery and capsicum a bit raw, add them at this step.
  11. Use 1/2 cup of shiitake water to dissolve the corn starch.
  12. Slowly add the corn starch mixture into your wok and stir well until everything gets sticky.
  13. Turn off the stove.
  14. Add black pepper to your liking. Sprinkle a few drop of sesame oil. Stir well.
  15. Serve with rice.
  16. For people who like a bit of spiciness but not too much, you can add some chilly flakes at the last step.

It is spicy, numbing, hot, aromatic and tender. Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà(麻辣) balance of tongue tingling and spicy. Tender tofu cooked in an aromatic and spicy sauce, accompanied by minced meat, Mapo tofu is one of the most popular ways to prepare tofu in China. Once I asked a group of non-Chinese friends who had experiences of real Chinese food: "What is your favourite tofu dish?" They all answered: "Mapo.

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