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Ma Po To Fu
4 blocks of bean curd (what is that, a pound, two pounds?)
1 pound ground pork or beef
1 t garlic (naw, I use at least 2 tsp.)
2 T hot bean paste (or 2 1/2 - maybe even 3 Tbsp.)
2 T soy sauce
1 1/2 C chicken broth (maybe 2 cups)
3 green onions, cut into 1/2 inch lengths
1 t Szechuan peppercorn powder
1 T cornstarch
1) Cut the bean curd into 1/2 inch cubes. If it's a good, hard bean curd, you
can cut them a little smaller.
2) Put the bean curd in the wok, with enough water to cover it, on high heat.
When the bean curd cubes begin to float to the top, drain and remove from the
wok. (If you're using a soft bean curd, skip this step, or you won't have any
bean curd left to cook.)
3) Fry the meat over high heat, breaking it up, until it's all browned.
4) Add the garlic, hot bean paste, soy sauce, chicken broth, and bean curd to
the meat. Toss them about for a bit, so that they all get to know one another.
Make sure all the bean curd soaks up some of the juice, otherwise it'll taste
like so much styrofoam.
5) Add the green onions and Szechuan peppercorn powder and continue to stir for
a minute or so.
6) If it looks like soup, mix 1 T cornstarch with 1 T of water to make a thin
paste and add it to the mess. If it still looks too runny, do it again. Don't
overdo this, you don't want to get rid of all the sauce - you just don't want
it to be a soup. I often skip this step.
7) Serve over rice. Yum!
Ma Pa To Fu
2 Tbls oil
1 tspn grated gingerroot
1 tspn crushed or minced garlic
2 small red chilies, minced
5 mushrooms, thinly sliced
3 green onions, whites thinly sliced and greens cut into 2" lengths
16 oz tofu, pressed and cut into 1/2" cubes; or 12 oz firm tofu
2 Tbls red miso creamed with 1/2 cup water
1 Tbls shoyu
1 Tbls honey
1 Tbls cashew or sesame butter
1/2 tspn vinegar
1 tspn arrowroot or cornstarch, dissolved in 2 Tbls water
Heat the oil in a wok or skillet. Add gingerroot, garlic, and red chilies,
and saute for 2 or 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and onion whites, and saute for
2 or 3 minutes more. Add onion greens and tofu cubes and saute for 1 minute.
Combine miso, shoyu, honey, cashew butter, and vinegar; mix well. Stir into
tofu-mushroom mixture and simmer for 1 minute. Stir in dissolved arrowroot
and simmer for about 30 seconds more, or until thick.
Mabo Tofu
Serves 2
1 Tbls corn or soy oil
1 1/2 tspn sesame oil
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 cup minced leeks, scallions, or onions
1 tspn minced red chilies
4 shitake, soaked and sliced
1/2 cup water, stock, or dashi
1 1/2 tspns sake
2 1/2 tspn shoyu
1/2 tspn salt
dash of sansho or 7-spice chili powder
1 1/2 tspn ketchup
24 oz tofu, cut into pieces 1 1/4" square by 1/2" thick
2 tspn cornstarch, dissolved in 2 Tbls water
1 Tbls minced leek or scallion greens
Heat wok or skillet and coat with both types of oil. Add garlic, leeks, and
chilies, stir fry over high heat for 15 seconds. Reduce heat to medium, add
shitake, and saute for 1 minute. Add dashi and next five ingrdients, bring
to boil, and cook for 30 seconds. Add tofu and return to boil. Stir in
dissolved cornstarch and simmer until thick. Serve hot, garnished with the
greens.