Non-spicy Mapo Tofu
Non-spicy Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, non-spicy mapo tofu. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Non-spicy Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Non-spicy Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation. Today I'm going to show you how to make the best mapo tofu recipe that is flavorful and spicy!

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have non-spicy mapo tofu using 14 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Non-spicy Mapo Tofu:
  1. Take No chilly homemade Hong You or any Cooking oil
  2. Get 1 big block of Tofu (I prefer Hard Tofu)
  3. Prepare 300 gr beef mince
  4. Take 1 whole capsicum or a mix of different colour capsicums
  5. Get 1 stalk Celery
  6. Prepare 8 dried shiitake mushrooms
  7. Get 10 white button mushrooms
  8. Take Spring onions
  9. Take Black pepper
  10. Get Soy sauce
  11. Take Oyster sauce
  12. Make ready Sesame oil
  13. Make ready 1/2 cup corn starch
  14. Make ready Bean sprouts (Optional)

Once I asked a group of non-Chinese friends who had experiences of real Chinese food: "What is your favourite tofu dish?" They all answered: "Mapo. Mapo tofu (Chinese: 麻婆豆腐; pinyin: mápó dòufu) is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. It consists of tofu set in a spicy sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, based on douban (fermented broad bean and chili paste) and douchi (fermented black beans), along with minced meat. Authentic Szechuan style mapo tofu is one of the branding dishes of Szechuan cuisine.

Instructions to make Non-spicy Mapo Tofu:
  1. Hong you (red oil) is totally my favourite thing. It smells amazing and goes well with BBQ, too. You can find Hong You recipe on the internet. If you don't want spiciness, just don't put chillies in your oil. If you don't have hong you, it's okay, any cooking oil would do but hong you makes your mapo tofu smell amazing.
  2. Gently clean the dried shiitake mushrooms then dip them in a bowl of hot water until soft. Keep this water.
  3. Capsicum, celery, mushrooms all chopped. Tofu chopped into 1cm³ blocks.
  4. Heat oil in a hot wok at high heat.
  5. If you only don't really like eating celery and capsicum and just want them for the smell, throw them in now.
  6. Add beef mince and stir until cooked.
  7. Throw in the mushrooms.
  8. Add a tablespoon of oyster sauce and soy sauce to taste. Stir well.
  9. Add 2, 3 more tablespoon off soy sauce so it is slightly saltier than you would like but not too salty.
  10. Once the shiitake mushrooms are soft enough to bite, add tofu, a bit of shiitake water and shimmer for a few minutes. If you like to eat celery and capsicum a bit raw, add them at this step.
  11. Use 1/2 cup of shiitake water to dissolve the corn starch.
  12. Slowly add the corn starch mixture into your wok and stir well until everything gets sticky.
  13. Turn off the stove.
  14. Add black pepper to your liking. Sprinkle a few drop of sesame oil. Stir well.
  15. Serve with rice.
  16. For people who like a bit of spiciness but not too much, you can add some chilly flakes at the last step.

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 (麻婆豆腐) is a fiery Sichuan pork and tofu stir-fry with the hallmark málà(麻辣) balance of tongue tingling and spicy. Mapo tofu is one of the signature dish from Sichuan, China. Mapo tofu is also a dish that very easy to turning into plant based/vegetarian dish.

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