Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, vegan mapo tofu. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Make ready For the Sauce:
- Make ready 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
- Get 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
- Get 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
- Make ready 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
- Prepare 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
- Get 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
- Make ready For the Tofu:
- Take 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
- Prepare 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
- Make ready 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
- Get 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
- Prepare 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
- Get 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
- Make ready 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
- Get 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
- Prepare 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- Get 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
- Take 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
- Get 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)
Instructions to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:
- Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
- While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
- Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
- Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
- Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
- Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
- Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
- Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
- Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).
So that’s going to wrap this up for this exceptional food vegan mapo tofu recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I’m sure you will make this at home. There’s gonna be interesting food at home recipes coming up. Don’t forget to bookmark this page in your browser, and share it to your loved ones, friends and colleague. Thanks again for reading. Go on get cooking!
