Vegan Mapo Tofu
Vegan Mapo Tofu

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, vegan mapo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

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. Cook until tofu is heated through. Transfer to a serving platter, drizzle with chili oil, and top with scallions and ground.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Make ready For the Sauce:
  2. Prepare 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
  4. Get 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
  5. Get 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
  7. Get 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
  8. Get For the Tofu:
  9. Get 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
  10. Make ready 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
  11. Prepare 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
  12. Take 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
  13. Take 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
  14. Get 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
  15. Make ready 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
  16. Take 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
  17. Prepare 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
  18. Make ready 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
  19. Prepare 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
  20. Prepare 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)

Typically, mapo tofu is made with ground pork. In this vegan mapo tofu recipe, I omitted the pork and used a generous amount of fermented bean pastes to give the dish flavor. 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.

Steps to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
  1. Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
  2. Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
  3. While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
  4. Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
  5. Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
  6. Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
  7. Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
  8. Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
  9. Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
  10. Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).

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. This is a vegetarian (vegan) version developed from the traditional mapo tofu recipe. In recent years, vegan and vegetarian diets have been more and more popular. We got lots of restaurant focusing on.

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