Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Prepare For the Sauce:
- Get 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
- Prepare 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
- Get 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
- Prepare 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
- Make ready 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
- Prepare 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
- Take For the Tofu:
- Get 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
- Take 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
- Take 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
- Prepare 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
- Get 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
- Prepare 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
- Get 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- Get 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Take 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
- Take 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)
Steps 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).
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