Today I want to share a very classic food with you to tofu, maybe when it comes to classic food made with tofu, many friends will think of Mapo tofu. What I want to share with you today is the home-cooked recipe of this very authentic mapo tofu. The tofu is very tender after being made this way, but it doesn't break at all, it's very delicious to eat, super rice, and it's super simple. If you're also interested in this mapo tofu, let's take a look at how it's made.
【Mapo Tofu】
【Ingredients】Tofu, ginger, garlic, shallots, salt, cooking oil, bean paste, soy sauce, oyster sauce, water starch
【Preparation steps】
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1, after the authentic Mapo tofu is made, the tofu is very tender, it is very refreshing to eat, and it is super rice. Prepare a piece of tofu from half a pound to a pound or so, then prepare a large piece of ginger, 5 to 8 cloves of garlic, a moderate amount of edible salt, cooking oil, a spoonful of watercress paste, a moderate amount of soy sauce, oyster sauce and a bowl of water starch. After these ingredients are prepared, we can start the processing of various ingredients and the preparation of mapo tofu.
2, take out the tofu we prepared and clean, then drain the surface water, then cut the tofu into thick slices, then cut it into small pieces, put the cut tofu into a plate for later, then take the ginger out, clean and peel it, cut it into a bowl, then peel and put the minced ginger into a bowl, then peel the garlic, and then crush and cut it into a bowl.
3: After the ginger and garlic are cut, let's cut a little shallot, chop the shallots and put them on the plate for later. Next, we boiled half a pot of boiling water, after the water boiled, we put a spoonful of table salt in it, and then put the tofu into the boiling water again, so that you can remove the bean smell of the tofu.
4, tofu does not need to blanch for a long time, about two minutes, after two minutes we will put it out of the pot and plate it aside. Next, start the pot to burn the oil, the cooking oil can be put a little more, and then the cooking oil is heated, and when it is hot, add the onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry.
5, after the onion, ginger and garlic stir-fry, we will put a spoonful of watercress sauce prepared, fry its red oil, fry out the red oil, add the right amount of water to the pot to boil them, then put in the appropriate amount of soy sauce and oyster sauce, put the tofu into it, and then put in the appropriate amount of water starch to hook it, cook it on high heat until the soup is thick.
6, when cooking the soup, use a high heat, so that it is easy to cook the soup to be particularly thick. When the soup is thick, we put the green onion into the pot, and then stir it slightly to get out of the pot, and garnish it with the green onion to make the mapo tofu look more appetizing. After the pot is out of the pot, you can eat it, a special delicious mapo tofu is just made, tender and refreshing, do you like it?
【Tips】
1, when making mapo tofu, use high heat.
2, do not cut too large tofu pieces, do not cut too small, about 2×2 cm small pieces can be.
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