No bullshit cooking // Mapo Tofu (or that\'s what i think it is) [imprecise edition]
Not gonna lie, that's most likely not an original Mapo Tofu recipe. BUT
Ingridients
- Chicken breast (something-something 800g idk honestly)
- Tofu (350g)
- Onion (like 100g)
- Garlic (2 cloves)
"That thing" is ok (cuz i had no gochujang paste) (80-100g is ok for me) OR gochujang paste (30-40ml)- Ketchup (15ml)
- Sugar (10g)
- Soy Sauce (50ml)
- Salt, Pepper, Ginger (powdered) to taste
- Olive oil (50ml)
- Starch 10g
"That thing" is ok (cuz i had no gochujang paste) (80-100g is ok for me) OR gochujang paste (30-40ml)How to cook
Cut chicken breast in 2-3cm cubes or whatever size you want you're the boss here. And put chicken aside
Cut tofu the same way.
Roughly chop onions and finely mince garlic
Heat pan, add 15ml olive oil, add tofu. Fry for like 40 seconds, add 10ml of "that thing" and fry for 30 seconds more. Put it into a bowl.
In the same pan (just to wash less after), add 10ml oil, and fry onions for 40 seconds, then add garlic and fry for 1 more minute, then put it into the bowl with tofu
Add other 25ml of oil, add chicken, fry till you think it's almost ready or till large pieces easily break
Add tofu and onion/garlic mix to chicken. Add other 70 ml of "that thing", if you feel a little stinging in your eyes, you're doing it right. Mix it. Add 100ml water little by little to deglaze pan.
Add enough water to almost cover chicken. Mix. Add soy sauce by 15ml batches to taste.
Add ketchup and sugar if you think you need it
Think of things you forgot. Remember about salt, pepper, ginger, starch. Dissolve starch in 30 ml of water before adding it. Note: you don't have to dissolve salt, pepper and ginger before adding them.
Cook that thing for 15-20 minutes more and it must be ready
Posted at 2020-12-09 08:33:03
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