Table for TwoMapo Tofu
Silky tofu in a spicy, savory Sichuan-style sauce with minced pork.
Photo: Anh Tuan To / Unsplash
⏱ 25 min📶 Easy👫 Serves 2
Ingredients (for 2)
- Firm tofu, 350 g
- Ground pork, 150 g
- Doubanjiang, 1½ tbsp
- Soy sauce, 1 tbsp
- Garlic, 2 cloves
- Ginger, 1 tsp
- Stock or water, 180 ml
- Cornstarch, 1 tsp
- Sichuan pepper, To taste
Steps
- Cut tofu into cubes. Mix cornstarch with 1 tbsp water.
- Brown the pork in a pan. Add chopped garlic, ginger and doubanjiang and cook until fragrant.
- Add stock, soy sauce and tofu. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Stir in the cornstarch slurry to thicken and finish with Sichuan pepper.
Cook it together: One of you: cube the tofu and mix the slurry. The other: cook the sauce and fold in the tofu gently.
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