Mapo Tofu
Sichuan's fire-and-numb legend: silky tofu cubes braised in a chile-bean sauce with minced beef, finished with ground Sichuan pepper that makes lips buzz.
What it is
Sichuan's fire-and-numb legend: silky tofu cubes braised in a chile-bean sauce with minced beef, finished with ground Sichuan pepper that makes lips buzz. Ingredients: soft tofu, ground beef or pork, doubanjiang (fermented chile-bean paste), douchi (fermented black beans), ginger, garlic, chile oil, Sichuan peppercorns, scallions, stock, cornstarch. Recipe: 1) Blanch tofu briefly in salted water to firm it. 2) Fry the meat crisp; add doubanjiang until the oil runs red. 3) Add stock, douchi, ginger and garlic; slide in tofu and braise gently. 4) Thicken in stages; finish with chile oil and a snowfall of ground Sichuan pepper. Serve: over plain rice, immediately. Flavor: má là — numbing and hot — over pillowy tofu. History: created in 1860s Chengdu by Chen Mapo, a pockmarked innkeeper's wife whose tofu stall fed oil-porters; it now leads every Sichuan menu on Earth. See also: Kung Pao Chicken, Peking Duck.
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