Vegan Mapo Tofu
Vegan Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, vegan mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. 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.

Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Get For the Sauce:
  2. Take 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
  4. Prepare 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
  5. Take 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
  6. Take 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
  7. Take 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
  8. Prepare For the Tofu:
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
  10. Get 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
  11. Get 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
  12. Prepare 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
  13. Make ready 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
  14. Get 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
  15. Prepare 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
  16. Make ready 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
  17. Get 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  18. Prepare 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
  19. Take 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
  20. Prepare 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)

What this means is that the vegan sauce has twice the umami power plus a layer of earthiness that its meaty cousin doesn't have. Add the tofu, stir to coat, then return the vegetables to the pan. Pour over the stock, bring to a boil, then stir in the cornflour paste and heat until the sauce thickens. Shiitake mushroom is one of the key ingredient for vegan stocks because of the large group of amino acid.

Steps to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
  2. Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
  3. While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
  4. Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
  5. Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
  6. Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
  7. Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
  8. Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
  9. Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
  10. Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).

Pour over the stock, bring to a boil, then stir in the cornflour paste and heat until the sauce thickens. Shiitake mushroom is one of the key ingredient for vegan stocks because of the large group of amino acid. Usually mapo tofu is cooked with minced pork or sometimes with beef. I make this vegetarian version so that the vegetarian foods can also enjoy it. However I replace the meat part with chopped shitake mushrooms.

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