Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy eggplant mapo tofu (un-stir fried eggplant and tofu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Notes for the cook: Ingredients can be found at any Asian market. You can just buy ONE type of eggplant or you can use a mixture Add the tofu and the eggplant and stir together gently so that the tofu and eggplant gets nicely coated with the sauce. Add more spicy bean sauce if.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook 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):
- Get 1 eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes
- Make ready 1/2 of silky tofu diced into small cubes
- Make ready 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
- Make ready Soy sauces
- Make ready 1 tsp cornstarch (less or more)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
- Get Water
Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine. 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 Eggplant is a spin on the Szechuan classic Mapo Tofu.
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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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. Tofu - silken tofu will not work for this dish as it will literally fall apart as you stir it while cooking. Extra firm or fried tofu is also not suitable - these are My family loves Mapo Tofu, and I have been searching for a delicious recipe. This one was an absolute hit!!! So tasty, I am making it again tonight.
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