mapo tofu
By ScottyKling
Mapo tofu was created by Liu, the wife of Chen Senfu (commonly known as Chen Fuchun), owner of a small restaurant at Wanfuqiao in the northern suburbs of Chengdu City in the early years of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty. Liu's face has pockmarks and is called Chen Mapo. The roasted tofu she created was called "Chenmapo Tofu", and her restaurant was later named "Chenmapo Tofu Store". "Chengdu Overview"(written by Fu Chongju of the Qing Dynasty) published by Chengdu Popular Daily in 1909 has included this shop and "Chen Mapo's Tofu" among the 23 "Famous Food Store in Chengdu" listed as the same as Baoxi Hall Zhengxing Garden, Zhong Tangyuan and other shops. Books such as "Jincheng Zhuzhi Ci" and "Furong Talu" have recorded the history of Chen Mapo's creation of Mapo tofu. Feng Jiaji, a poet at the end of the Qing Dynasty, said in his "Jincheng Bamboo Branch Ci":"Ma Po Chen is still famous, tofu is the most delicious when baked, the curtain on the Wanfu Bridge moves, and he Guchun is drunk."
Recipe Recommendations
- tofu half a catty
- minced meat appropriate amount
- garlic sprouts appropriate amount
- ginger appropriate amount
- oyster sauce appropriate amount
- cooking wine appropriate amount
- peppercorns appropriate amount
- Pi County Douban appropriate amount
- white sugar appropriate amount
- chicken essence appropriate amount
- minced garlic appropriate amount
- Very delicious appropriate amount
- starch appropriate amount
Steps for mapo tofu
1
Cut tofu into small pieces and soak in salt water for 10 minutes
2
Prepare all seasonings (minced garlic, minced ginger, minced pepper,), and change the garlic sprouts
3
Heat the pepper grains in a dry pan and bake them for later use
4
Add oyster sauce to the minced meat, very fresh, marinated with starch
5
Remove the pan to make oil (add some oil),
6
The oil is 70% hot, add pepper grains and saute them until fragrant, and then remove them. A spoonful of the red oil in Pi County watercress. Add minced garlic, minced ginger, and minced peppers to heat until fragrant.
7
Put the minced meat into the pan, add cooking wine and sugar, and stir-fry. After the minced meat is white, put the tofu into the pan
8
Add the stock to collect the juice
9
Put the garlic sprouts into the pan and thicken with water starch
10
Done!!!!mapo tofu Make Tips
1: After the pepper grains are heated and roasted in a dry pan, the aroma becomes stronger. 2: Soak the tofu in salt water for 10 minutes. It is not easy to fry. 3: Try not to stir the tofu with a shovel during the frying process.