Mapo Tofu - Tofu Lover's Go-To Dish

Mapo Tofu is very soft tofu that is set in a spicy chili sauce with minced meat. A tofu-lover's go-to dish!

📝 Ingredients

• Tofu - 500 grams (use 1 block of tofu, medium-firm)
• Spring onion - 1 stem
• Onion - 0.5 whole
• Minced pork - 100 grams
• Soy sauce - 2 Tablespoon
• Korean red chili flakes - 2 Tablespoon
• Sugar - 1 Tablespoon
• Minced garlic - 1 Tablespoon
• Salt - 1 teaspoon
• Doenjang paste - 0.5 Tablespoon
• Potato starch - 1 Tablespoon ((or use corn starch))
• Water - 2 Tablespoons

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1--- Prep Veggies ---
2. 2Cut tofu block into bite-sized cubes (refer to video for details).
3. 3Dice spring onion, onion, and pork into small pieces.
4. 4--- Season Meat ---
5. 5Put frying pan on medium-high heat and pour oil into it. Place spring onion into oil.
6. 6Once the spring onion begins to sizzle, put in onion and minced meat. Cook until the meat is no longer red. Then turn off the heat.
7. 7Pour in soy sauce, Korean red chili flakes, sugar, minced garlic, and salt. Stir throughly and mix seasoning into meat.
8. 8Then pour in 1 cup of water. Put in the Doenjang as well.
9. 9Turn on medium-high heat and bring pan back up to a boil while stirring - stir-in that doenjang.
10. 10--- Pour-in Tofu and Thicken Sauce ---
11. 11While the sauce is coming back up to a boil, make the starch mixture. Mix 2 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon of starch powder in a small cup.
12. 12When your sauce starts to boil, gently place in the tofu cubes. Make sure the tofu are throughly coated.
13. 13Then pour about half of the starch liquid into the sauce - in a circular motion. The sauce will start to thicken. Add more if you need.
14. 14Garnish with scallions and/or sesame seeds.
15. 15Eat with rice