Recipe: Delicious Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version).

You can have Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

1. Prepare 1 piece of soft silken organic tofu (package).
2. You need 3 piece of green onion.
3. Prepare 1 head of garlic.
4. You need 1 piece of ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb ).
5. Prepare 1 lb of ground pork.
6. Prepare 2 of star anise.
7. You need 1 of salt.
8. It’s 1 of black pepper or white pepper.
9. You need 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.
10. It’s 1 tbsp of hoisin sauce.
11. You need 1 tbsp of garlic chili sauce.
12. Prepare 1 tbsp of sirracha.
13. Prepare 1/2 cup of shaoxing rice wine.
14. Prepare 1/2 can of chicken stock.
15. It’s 2 tbsp of avocado oil.
16. It’s 1 tsp of cayenne pepper powder.
17. It’s 1 tsp of chili powder.
18. You need 1 tbsp of crushed red pepper.
19. Prepare 1 tbsp of dark soy sauce.
20. It’s 1 bunch of cilantro chopped discard stem.
21. Prepare 1 tbsp of cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water.
22. Prepare 10 piece of dry red chilis.
23. Prepare 3 cup of white rice.

Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) step by step

1. Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside..
2. Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min.
3. In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic.
4. Add in ground pork mixture and brown..
5. When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil..
6. Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed.
7. Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro.
8. Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together.