Mapo Tofu

by

Kelvin Cheung

INGREDIENTS

  • 30 ml vegetable/grapeseed oil 

  • 110gm Button Mushrooms

  • 350 gm block of Tofu

  • 600gm diced white onion

  • 3 fresh chillies

  • 5-6 dried chillies

  • 30gm sliced garlic 

  • 1 crack of Szechuan peppercorns

  • 2 tbsp Doubanjaang (fermented chilli paste)

  • 10ml dark soy

  • 60ml oyster sauce

  • 1 cup of water with 1 tbsp corn starch

  • 1tsp chilli oil

  • Szechuan peppercorns to taste.


METHOD

  • Add oil to hot pan and then add mushrooms.

  • Boil a pot of water and slide tofu into water for approx. 1-2mins, until heated through.

  • To mushrooms, add diced onion, fresh and dried chillies and toss through. Add sliced garlic and Szechuan peppercorns.

  • Add the doubanjaang, dark soy and oyster sauce and stir through.

  • Add slurry of corn starch & water to pan.

  • When the sauce has cooked for a few minutes, gently add the tofu and spoon the sauce over the top.

  • Once it come back to the boil, add some chilli oil, a touch more Szechuan pepper and then spoon gently onto a serving platter, being careful not to break up the tofu.

  • Garnish with garlic chives, a drizzle of chilli oil and another crack of peppercorns.

  • Serve with rice, fried noodles or on its own.


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