Recipe of Award-winning Japanese style mapo tofu

Japanese style mapo tofu. The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation. Mabo Tofu (or Mapo Tofu) is one of the very popular Chinese dishes in Japan.

Japanese Mapo Tofu vs Chinese Mapo tofu: The Japanese mapo tofu often contains a mix of sweet and spicy hot bean sauce. The Chinese version typically does not contain the sweet bean sauce. So looking at the ingredient list, my doubanjiang tube paste already has this mix of sweet + spicy.

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we're going to make a special dish, japanese style mapo tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Japanese style mapo tofu is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it's fast, it tastes delicious. They're fine and they look wonderful. Japanese style mapo tofu is something which I have loved my whole life.

The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. JOC's all-time favorite dish, and it frequently makes it into my dinner menu rotation. Mabo Tofu (or Mapo Tofu) is one of the very popular Chinese dishes in Japan.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have japanese style mapo tofu using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Japanese style mapo tofu:

1. {Take of sauce.
2. {Take 2.5 tbsp of chili bean sauce.
3. {Get 2 tbsp of mirin.
4. {Take 1 tbsp of miso.
5. {Prepare 1 tbsp of oyster sauce.
6. {Get .5 tbsp of soy sauce.
7. {Get 1 tsp of sesame oil.
8. {Make ready 1 tsp of corn/potato starch.
9. {Get 4 tbsp of water.
10. {Make ready 2 of garlic cloves.
11. {Prepare of seasoning.
12. {Make ready 1 inch of ginger.
13. {Prepare 2 of scallions.
14. {Make ready 1 pack of soft tofu.
15. {Get .5 lb of ground pork.

Mābōdōfu (麻婆豆腐) is the Japanese name for "Mapo Tofu", which is a Chinese dish from Sichuan province. Tofu and ground meat are stir fried with a flavoursome sauce. But the flavour of Mābōdōfu is yet again modified to suit to the Japanese palette and not as spicy as the Chinese version of mapo tofu. Although originating in China, mapo tofu has worked its way into the heart of Japanese food culture.

Instructions to make Japanese style mapo tofu:

1. Mix together sauce ingredients.
2. Mince garlic and ginger finely and sauté on medium until fragrant.
3. Add meat.
4. When meat is brown add sauce mixture and stir.
5. Add tofu and stir until coated with sauce.
6. Sprinkle chopped up scallions before turning off heat.
7. Serve over rice.

Also called mabo tofu, this spicy, garlicky and savory traditional tofu features in a wide range of dishes; it also works well eaten alone or paired with steamed rice or zakkokumai. Mapo tofu is a popular Chinese dish that originated from Sichuan. It's a saucy dish made of key ingredients such as minced pork, soft tofu and spicy chili bean sauce (doubanjiang). Like other Sichuan dishes, it's usually too spicy for me. This is why I make the Japanese style mapo tofu, which is less spicy and has a touch of sweetness.

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