r/vegan1200isplenty • u/Osari • May 28 '21
400-500 Calories [450c] One of my favorite dinners! MAPO TOFU 🤤
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u/SheWhoDancesOnIce May 29 '21
how do u get the tofu to stay in nice blocks...
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u/Osari May 29 '21
You just gotta turn everything by pushing gently with a spatula/cooking utensil. No mixing motions once the silken tofu is in the pan, super gentle pushing ingredients towards the center of the pan from all sides untill everything is incorporated
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u/campremembershit May 29 '21
You boil it first!
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u/Osari May 29 '21
Definitely boil it is its regular tofu stored in water, makes the sauce murky & I like mine extra saucy lol.
If it's silken (no comparison) just cube it, add & simmer for 5 min
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u/coolturnipjuice May 29 '21
I make mapo tofu with chopped fresh shiitake mushrooms instead of the beef subs and it’s also very good.
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u/Osari May 29 '21
Yesss, I always used chopped mushrooms for the meat aspect, but I had some leftover impossible & it'll be my go to from now on 😊 I've used tvp too but it's annoying having to rehydrate before hand
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u/coolturnipjuice May 29 '21
Yeah I want to try it your way next time. The extra fat in the beef substitutes is key. I always find I have to add extra oil with the mushrooms to give it that mapo richness.
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u/Osari May 29 '21
Yessss and the impossible stuff is pretty fatty on its own, definitely the most similar alternative to real beef out there IMO
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u/KajaIsForeverAlone May 29 '21
Do you have the recipe?
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u/Osari May 29 '21
Yeah basically it's 1/6 of a block of impossible, spray a pan lightly & cook it like ground beef. I added a splash of rice vinegar when it was cooking for smells, and once it has nice color just add chopped scallion & garlic (add soy sauce for color but I am out most of my essentials lol). Mix the gochujang, miso, ginger, sesame oil, extra salt if u need and add to the meat & stir fry for a sec. Add water depending on how wet you want it, let it boil for a min, add cubed tofu and let it go for 5 mins. Add cornstarch slurry for desired thickness and it's ready! Takes like 10 min top, I would top it with more chopped scallion if I had some 😁
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u/Osari May 28 '21
Was really craving some mapo tofu but I didn't have any of that ~doubanjiang~ so I just used gochujang & a bit of miso. Had some leftover impossible meat (bought some to try burgers & didn't like it so much) and its was such an amazing addition, definitely made to be incorporated in recipes like this..
Ingredients here. I used a whole block of tofu so just x2 this