Mabo Dofu
Mabo Dofu

Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, mabo dofu. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mabo Dofu is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Mabo Dofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mabo dofu using 18 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mabo Dofu:
  1. Make ready Flour-Water Slurry
  2. Prepare 1/4 c flour
  3. Take 1/3 to 1/2 c of water
  4. Get Seasoning
  5. Take to taste (sea) salt
  6. Prepare 1 tsp garlic powder
  7. Prepare 1/4 c dashi (dried Japanese fish stock) or 1-2 tbsp of miso or 1-2 chicken bouillion [this is really to taste, since it's used to add the most savory flavour]
  8. Take 1 pinch turmeric powder (for color) OPTIONAL
  9. Make ready 1 pinch paprika (for color) OPTIONAL
  10. Get 2 tbsp ground chili or 1 tbsp of fresh spicy pepper (I use habanero) OPTIONAL
  11. Prepare 2 tbsp soy sauce
  12. Make ready 1 tbsp sesame oil
  13. Make ready Filling
  14. Take 4 baby bok choy, sliced or diced
  15. Make ready 1 1/2 stalks celery, sliced or diced
  16. Prepare 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  17. Get 1 1/2 box soft tofu, cut into small cubes
  18. Take 1/2 lb ground beef or other (about beef/pork/turkey: be sure to "cut" into small pieces when cooking so you don't end up with meat clumped together)
Instructions to make Mabo Dofu:
  1. In a small bowl mix the water and flour, gradually adding the flour. Be sure that it's not too thin or too thick. Set aside mixture for later. - - Note: It should feel like you've added a bit of water to some honey, still somewhat thick but moves a lot smoother.
  2. In a pan, add some oil and saute the meat until brown. Season lightly with salt. Add the veggies and cook till soft, then add the tofu last. - - Note: Garlic and spicy pepper should be cooked last among the vegetables to avoid burning.
  3. Add your seasonings, then the flour-water slurry and mix thoroughly immediately. If it seems like it's too thick, add some water to thin it out. When everything has thickened up nicely and sticks together more or less, it's done! Serve over rice.
  4. THIS IS NOT A STEP; if you feel that the ingredient list is way too long then just go with a basic mabo dofu recipe using just the ground meat, your choice of veggies and the dashi, soy sauce, sesame oil and salt. That's really all you need, everything else is just my preference, such as the habanero.

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