Easy & Spicy Chinese Mapo Tofu ! 麻婆豆腐 ( Hot warning )

How to make Mapo Tofu or Mapo Doufu. Very Popular Chinese dish from the Sichuan region. Tofu in a spicy hot chili and bean-based sauce, typically a thin, oily, and bright red suspension, and often cooked with doubanjiang (broad bean paste) and douchi (fermented black beans) and minced meat, usually pork. ------------------------------------- *** RECIPE STARTS *** ------------------------------------- 1. Prep work ---------------- Finely chop 1 big / 2 small garlic clove. Finely chop 1 thumb of ginger Finely chop white part on spring onions. Bias chop the green parts. Dilute 1 tbsp cornstarch in 3 tbsp water. Roast 1 tbsp sichuan peppercorns. then grind or bash. Cut tofu into 2cm 1 inch cubes. Boil in salted water 2 minutes. Drain and set aside. 2. Cook -------- Hot wok. Add 2 tbsp oil. 100g ground pork fry until almost cooked. Drop 1 heaped tbsp DOU BAN JIANG, then stir. Drop 2 tsp douchi. stir. Drop ginger.stir. Drop garlic.stir. Drop spring onions, white part. Stir and Fry until fragrant. not too much though :) Deglaze with Add 2/3 cup of water Boil , then Add slurry, stir. Add tofu. gently gently push back and forth. Good drizzle chili oil. Small drizzle sesame oil. 3. Finish --------- Transfer to serving dish. Sprinkle ground sichuan. Sprinkle with green spring onions. Bowl of rice on the side. Enjoy the heat. ------------------------------------- *** END *** ------------------------------------- *********************** * LOVE & SUPPORT * *********************** Support my work on : https://www.patreon.com/frenchguycooking -- Patreon is a cool way for creators to achieve a sustainable income by being financially supported by their lovely community ! You get to do something GOOD and, icing on cake, you also get different types of rewards ! **************** * SUBTITLES * **************** You want to Help everyone understand that F* French ?? Submit your own subtitle in any language here : http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A *************** * MERCH * *************** I have my own BRAND ! Stickers, posters and Pizza Shirt and Power-drill guns in the kitchen :) Buy them and support the French Guy's adventures on : http://www.dftba.com/frenchguycooking *************** * FACEBOOK * *************** http://www.facebook.com/frenchguycooking for mouth watering photos and good discussions ;) ***************** * INSTAGRAM * ***************** http://instagram.com/frenchguycooking ************* * TWITTER * ************* http://www.twitter.com/frenchguycookin ************************** * COOKBOOK PROJECT * ************************** I am thinking of making an über cool cookbook, so if you are interested, drop me a line there : http://www.frenchguycooking.com/the-cookbook-project Lots of love, Alex