Vegan Mapo Tofu
Vegan Mapo Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Get For the Sauce:
  2. Prepare 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. Make ready 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
  6. Get 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
  7. Get 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
  8. Prepare For the Tofu:
  9. Make ready 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
  10. Take 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
  11. Prepare 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. Take 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
  14. Prepare 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
  15. Prepare 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
  16. Get 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
  17. Make ready 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  18. Make ready 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
  19. Get 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
  20. Make ready 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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