Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
When you're short on time and you're in need of something nutritious, then this quick vegan mapo tofu will certainly satisfy your taste buds. This is an authentic Sichuan-style mapo tofu, which is both spicy and aromatic. Mapo tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants. It is a quickly cooked dish of braised tofu with minced pork (sometimes beef) in a bracing spicy sauce made with fermented black.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Make ready For the Sauce:
- Get 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
- Make ready 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
- Get 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
- Prepare 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
- Get 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
- Make ready 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
- Make ready For the Tofu:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
- Get 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
- Make ready 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
- Take 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
- Get 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- Get 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Get 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
- Take 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
- Get 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)
It is packed with lot of flavors and heat from Sichuan peppercorns, bean chili sauce! Jump to Recipe Print Recipe Directions Combine dried mushrooms and kombu (if using) in a small bowl or liquid measuring cup and cover with water. Place a paper towel or kitchen towel directly on surface of water to keep mushrooms mostly submerged. Set aside for ten minutes to rehydrate.
Steps to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
- Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
- Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
- Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).
Place a paper towel or kitchen towel directly on surface of water to keep mushrooms mostly submerged. Set aside for ten minutes to rehydrate. Tofu, mushrooms, and eggplant simmered in a spicy, flavorful, umami-rich sauce. This is not your typical mapo tofu recipe. For one, it's vegan so it doesn't contain any meat.
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