Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
Mapo Eggplant is a spin on the Szechuan classic Mapo Tofu. Silky roasted eggplant is topped with a slightly spicy and garlicky bean sauce with ground A good rule to follow when preparing any kind of stir-fried dish is to prepare the sauce first. If you like your dishes really saucy, feel free to double this.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. 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.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Take 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
- Make ready Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics)
- Take Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp)
- Get 1 dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar)
- Prepare 2 tsp Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more)
- Make ready Mushrooms powder
- Prepare Soy sauces
- Take 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Make ready Water
Photo: Annabelle Breakey; Styling: Dan Becker. Serve over rice with a simple green salad for a complete meal. 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 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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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 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.
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