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Posted on 12th Jul 2025

Mapo Tofu

This traditional Chinese dish from Sichuan is a house hold favourite. It's sure to ignite your taste buds.

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Time

40 mins mins

Servings

4 people people

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Ingredients

  • 300g - 500g silken tofu, sliced into small cubes
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
  • 25g ginger, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 tsp fermented black beans
  • 5 soaked dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 ½ tsp of Sichuan peppercorns, crushed
  • 1-2 tsp chilli flakes
  • 200ml vegetable stock or water
  • Cornflour slurry (1 tbsp cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp of water)
  • Spring onions, finely sliced, optional to garnish
  • Vegetable oil for cooking

Sauce

  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine
  • 1 tbsp chilli oil
  • 4 tsp chilli bean paste

Method

In a separate bowl mix together your sauce ingredients. Finely slice the greens of your spring onions into rings for garnish and then chop the rest of the spring onion into rough chunks and place at 12 o’clock in your wok clock. Finely dice your soaked shiitake mushrooms and place after your spring onions on the wok clock.

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