Authentic Mapo Tofu Recipe from Sichuan
Hi Everyone! Mapo tofu is such a delicious dish loved by so many cultures. I grew up eating authentic mapo tofu from Sichuan and I want to share a recipe of mapo tofu that my family uses! In this video, I shared 3 most important steps of making mapo tofu! If you get these three things right, you can impress guests even from China!
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When I started this channel, I really wanted to share the recipes from Sichuan and the awesome food culture we have. One of the most used kitchen staples is Sichuan Chili Oil! I've shared the recipe on this channel and I also have extra ones I bottled myself using the most traditional Sichuanese recipes. If you want to create some of the delicious chili oil dishes, try these chili oil out :
Authentic Mapo Tofu Recipe:
• Ginger 1 piece,
• garlic 2 cloves,
• green onion 1,
• ground beef(3 oz),
• tofu (1 pack)
• Vegetable oil: 2 tbsp
• Water 1 cup
• Sichuan peppercorn(or ground Sichuan Peppercorn): 1 tsp
• Soy sauce: 1 tsp
• Sugar: 1 tsp,
• Broad Bean Chili Paste (also called PiXian Doubanjiang): 1.5 tbsp
• Ground Sichuan Peppercorn: 1/2 tsp (for topping)
• Corn starch (or Potato starch): 1.5 tbsp
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How Did Sichuan Fall In Love With Spice? – Eat China (S1E5)
Sichuan is known for its love of spice. It’s the birthplace of mala hot pot, mapo tofu, and dandan noodles—all made with copious amounts of chili and peppercorn. How did this region come to fall in love with spicy food, and what are the core ingredients?
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Sichuan Mapo Tofu, plus a (hopefully educational) look at the CIA Textbook's version (麻婆豆腐)
A special two year anniversary video! We wanted to revisit Mapo Tofu, probably the most popular tofu dish on the planet. A while back we made a video on Mapo Tofu, and while we still like that recipe, we wanted to improve it to get a bit closer to Chengdu.
And just for fun, we decided to place our new recipe up against the recipe for Mapo Tofu from The Professional Chef, the textbook for the Culinary Institute of America. While one look at the thumbnail could probably tell you that there's a few problems there, we wanted to take the time to explore and show you how precisely that recipe errs. Hopefully, in the process, we can impart some guidelines... some things to avoid. After all, sometimes learning how *not* to do something can be just as - if not more - illuminating than how *to* do something.
Footage of the Mapo Tofu from Chen's in Chengdu is courtesy of the channel Itchy Feet on the Cheap. Lots of food travel videos over on their channel. You can find the full video here:
Footage of the canteen is courtesy of Youtuber “欧文老师”. It's the canteen of Zhejiang University - he seems to upload sporadically but has a few vlogs up if you'd like to check him out. In Chinese. Check out the full video here:
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Spicy Sichuan Pork & Tofu - Chinese Style Cooking Recipe
Learn how to cook Spicy Sichuan Pork & Tofu
Welcome to Xiao's Chinese Kitchen. My name is Xiao Wei and my goal is to make your cooking simple and exciting. Ever since my Mother showed me how to cook at an early age, I have always had a strong passion for cooking. My family still live in Inner Mongolia, in the northern part of China, where I visit each year and learn new Chinese recipes.
Ingredients:
400g Tofu
3 Cloves Garlic
15g Ginger
1 Spring Onion
Small Bunch Coriander
1 Tsp Red Peppercorns (Sichuan)
½ Tsp Ground Red Pepper (Sichuan)
2 Tbsp Spicy Bean Sauce (Sichuan)
150g Mince Pork or Beef
1 Tsp Light Soy Sauce
1 Tsp Sugar
1 Tbsp Cornflour
3 Tbsp Warm Water
1 Tbsp Sesame oil
Method:
1. Finely chop garlic and cut ginger into thin threads
2. Roughly chop spring onion and coriander
3. Cut tofu into about 1cm cubes
4. Boil 1 litre of water in the saucepan, add the tofu and boil for 2 minutes
5. Heat 1 Tbsp oil in the wok, add garlic, ginger, red peppercorns and fry for 10 seconds
6. Add spicy bean sauce and fry for 10 to 15 seconds
7. Add minced pork and fry for 5 minutes
8. Add 150ml of boiled water and stir
9. Add tofu and gently stir. Bring to the boil
10. Add soy sauce, sugar then stir and simmer for a minute
11. Pour in the cornflour and water mixture and stir
12. Once the liquid is thickened, turn off the heat
13. Add sesame oil, spring onion and coriander, gentle stir
14. Finally, sprinkle ground red pepper over and serve
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Chengdu is a SPICY street food heaven that you need to travel to. I moved to Chengdu specifically for the food and have been eating Sichuan street food for 3 years now, but this was one level above the regular hot pot spice. I ordered “TE LA” extra spicy hot pot in Chengdu, Szechuan and couldn’t believe it when the hot pot arrived to my table in the hot pot restaurant, it was completely full of red chilies and Sichuan peppercorns, SO SPICY!! We just got back to Chengdu to eat a ton of Sichuan street food and will be going for more throughout Sichuan on a Chinese street food tour series soon! We can’t wait to share it with you!
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Over the past few years of living in Asia, I’ve been making delicious street food tour videos across Asia and around the world. We’ve eaten street food in Indonesia, Street Food in China (like Shanghai, Beijing, and Xinjiang Silk Road street food), a ton of street food in Malaysia and Street food in Thailand, and we are only just getting started! We’re going to keep filming these full on street food tour videos from around the world for you to enjoy!
In this Chinese food video, the recipe was honestly like FULL of Chilies, I couldn’t believe it!
The address is a little outside of Chengdu, so I recommend going to the same chain found everywhere in Chengdu, known as Xiaolongkan 小龙坎, but if you really want to come to the one we visited, it’s in Longquan, and this is the address:
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My name is Trevor James and I'm a hungry traveler and Mandarin learner that's currently living in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, eating up as much delicious Chinese street food that I can!
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