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Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. At the very beginning, Mapo tofu is named after its creator. It is recorded that there is a couple who own a restaurant mainly selling vegetarian dishes.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tofu and shrimp salt-flavored mapo tofu with crunchy crispy toppings using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings:
- Get 1 block Tofu
- Get 12 Shrimp
- Take 20 grams Frozen green peas
- Get 1 piece ◎ Carrot (minced)
- Make ready 1 piece ◎ Ginger (minced)
- Prepare 1 tbsp ◎ Green onion (minced)
- Prepare 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons Doubanjiang
- Prepare 200 ml ■ Water
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp ■ Chicken soup stock granules
- Make ready 1/4 tsp ■ Salt
- Prepare 1 tbsp ■ Sake
- Take 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- Make ready 1 Katakuriko slurry
- Take 1 Tempura crumbs and green onion for garnish
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Instructions to make Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings:
- Drain the water from the tofu very well. Peel the shrimp, remove the intestinal tracts. Sprinkle with a little sake (not listed) and massage the shrimp well. If you need to make tempura crumbs do it now: Fry some tempura batter by drizzling it into hot oil, then take out and drain well.
- Heat up the sesame oil in a frying pan, add the ingredients marked with ◎ and stir fry until aromatic. Add the doubanjiang and stir fry lightly.
- Add the ingredients marked with ■ and bring to a boil. Add the green peas.
- Add the tofu that has been cut into easy to eat pieces, and shake the frying pan.
- When it comes to a boil again, add the shrimp. When they change color turn off the heat. Add the katakuriko slurry, stir gently, then turn the heat on again and cook until the sauce has thickened.
- Transfer to a serving plate and top with tempura crumbs and thinly sliced green onion.
- This is a version where the tempura crumbs are simmered in the sauce. I just changed used red chili peppers to doubanjiang. Otherwise all the other amounts are the same. It's also delicious served over rice (enough for 2 servings).
It also has a deeply savoriness to it thanks to the umami from the doubanjiang. Tofu sadly has the reputation of being bland, but one bite of this blazing hot stir-fry and you'll thank your lucky stars for the rich, creamy cubes of tender tofu that soothe your scorched tongue. Finally, I like to be able to eat my Mapo Tofu with rice and chopsticks, so I make the sauce a little on the thick side. Over recent years, Mapo tofu started appearing on the menus of oversea Chinese restaurants. Mapo tofu needs to be served hot for the best taste.
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