Recipe: at dinner Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu

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Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu. Great recipe for Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu. For health and weight-loss reasons, if I can get away with it, I try not to use oil in my cooking whenever possible. Ground meat already has a lot of fat, so you can make this dish without adding any oil.

Although non-traditional, you can add onions or vegetables like bok choy.

TIPS FOR MAKING THE BEST MAPO TOFU.

Mapo tofu is a delicious make-ahead dish with flavors improving overnight.

You can have Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu using 20 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu

  1. You need 80 of to 100 grams Ground pork.

  2. You need 1 block of Tofu (firm or silken).

  3. It’s 1 tsp of Garlic (finely chopped).

  4. Prepare 1 tsp of Ginger (finely chopped).

  5. Prepare 1/2 of Japanese leek (the green part too).

  6. You need 1 of to 3 teaspoons ● Doubanjiang.

  7. You need 1 of heaped tablespoon ● Tianmianjiang.

  8. You need 2/3 tsp of ● Douchi (or substitute tianmianjiang).

  9. It’s 1 dash of ● Pepper.

  10. You need of Combined seasoning ingredients:.

  11. You need 1 tsp of ○ Soy sauce.

  12. Prepare 1 tbsp of ○ Sake (use shaoxing wine if possible).

  13. Prepare 1 tsp of ○ Chicken bone soup stock granules.

  14. Prepare 1 of to 2 teaspoons ○ Oyster sauce.

  15. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ○ Umami seasoning (Ajinomoto, etc.).

  16. It’s 180 ml of ○ Water.

  17. Prepare 1 of to 1 1/2 tablespoons Katakuriko dissolved in an equal amount of water.

  18. It’s of Optional additions:.

  19. Prepare 1 tsp of Sesame oil.

  20. Prepare 1 dash of Sichuan or Szechuan pepper (hua jiao, or use sansho pepper).

Add the reserved ground peppercorns, the tofu and the soy sauce mixture.

Get ready for some serious spice!

Here is a simple and delicious vegan version of the classic Sichuan dish, mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐).

Serve the tofu with jasmine rice and my Chinese garlic cucumber salad for a complete meal.

Easy Low-Calorie and Fat-Reduced Mapo Tofu step by step

  1. Make narrow cuts in the leek about halfway through. Make cuts halfway through on the other side too..

  2. Chop it up after making the cuts and youll end up with very finely minced leek. With this method, the cut end of the leek doesn't spread out so it's really easy to chop..

  3. Finely chop the garlic and ginger. chop up the douchijiang too..

  4. Combine the ○ ingredients and mix well. Cut the tofu into cubes, and drain in a sieve..

  5. Put the ground pork, garlic, ginger and ● flavoring ingredients in a frying pan and mix together. Adjust the amount of doubanjiang (spiciness) to taste!.

  6. When the mixture looks like this, turn on the heat..

  7. After a while, the fat will come out of the pork. Just use that fat to stir fry the pork until its crumbly..

  8. Add half the leek and keep stir frying..

  9. Add the combined flavoring ingredients from Step 4. When it comes to a boil, add the tofu..

  10. Add the rest of the leek (including the green parts), and adjust the seasoning. Adjust the saltiness with soy sauce, and if you want some sweetness add some sugar (not listed in the ingredient list)!.

  11. When the tofu has warmed through, thicken the sauce with katakuriko dissolved in water. Dont add it all at once; add it little by little while observing how thick the sauce is getting..

  12. If you mix it with a spatula the tofu will fall apart, so shake the frying pan around to mix it up. Optionally add some sesame oil and sansho pepper to finish to make it nicely fragrant..

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The first time I tasted mapo tofu was about ten years ago in Nanjing.

Ma Po Tofu is a traditional Chinese recipe usually made with ground pork.

This delicious, healthy version uses ground turkey to cut saturated fat and calories and adds mushrooms for extra veggies.

Serve with brown rice and make it extra special with a drizzle of sesame oil just before serving.

I love the sauce and the method is so easy.