Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) is something which I have loved my whole life.
Make a trip to the Asian market and make one of your favorite Chinese food dishes at home! I've been cooking a lot and trying new things and Mapo Tofu is one of our favorite Chinese food dishes. It's the dish that we always order when we go out and the spicier, the better.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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 cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu):
- Get 1 eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes
- Take 1/2 of silky tofu diced into small cubes
- Prepare Chopped/sliced green onion
- Get Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics)
- Get Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp)
- Prepare 1 dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar)
- Take 2 tsp Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more)
- Take Mushrooms powder
- Make ready Soy sauces
- Get 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Make ready Water
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.
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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So you won't be stir frying eggplant for a long time. Asian, Eggplant, Tofu, Water Spinach, Dinner, Easy, Main Course, Summer, Dairy Free, Healthy, High Fiber, Kosher, Low Cholesterol, Vegan, Vegetarian. In this vegan, Szechuan-inspired dish, eggplants and tofu are cooked in a spicy garlic and ginger-infused sauce that will make anyone an eggplant lover. Eggplant recipes appear on this blog so often that I could probably change the name to FatFree Eggplant Recipes. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐, ma po dou fu) is one of the most popular classic Sichuan dishes.
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