Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, vegan mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
This vegan mapo tofu recipe is very similar to our ever-popular traditional mapo tofu. The main difference is that instead of ground pork, we're using finely chopped shiitake mushrooms to add. Mapo tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Get For the Sauce:
- Prepare 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
- Prepare 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
- Prepare 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
- Make ready 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
- Make ready 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
- Prepare 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
- Make ready For the Tofu:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
- Get 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
- Take 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
- Make ready 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
- Make ready 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
- Get 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
- Make ready 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- Make ready 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Take 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
- Get 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
- Get 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)
In recent years, vegan and vegetarian diets have been more and more popular. We got lots of restaurant focusing on. Mapo Tofu (麻婆豆腐) is an iconic Sichuan dish that's traditionally made from tofu, and ground Since the only ingredient in traditional Mapo Tofu that isn't vegan is the ground meat, it seems like a simple. Typically, mapo tofu is made with ground pork.
Instructions to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
- Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
- Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
- Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).
In this vegan mapo tofu recipe, I omitted the pork and used a generous amount of fermented bean pastes to give the dish flavor. Ready in minutes, this vegan mapo tofu relies on a show-stopping sauce of fermented black beans, chili bean paste, and Sichuan peppercorns. Mushrooms make this vegan mapo tofu recipe tastier and healthier than the ground meat version. This Vegan Mapo Tofu brings together the flavours from both Japanese and Chinese versions of Mapo Tofu. The tender tofu is covered in a incredible aromatic spicy sauce with bits of mushroom.
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