Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings
Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, tofu and shrimp salt-flavored mapo tofu with crunchy crispy toppings. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Chen of the restaurant, has pockmarks on her face. Since pockmark is pronounced as Ma and Po mean old lady is Chinese, the customers named the tofu dish after her nickname as Mapo tofu. Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐) is named after its inventor Mapo (means pockmarked elderly lady) who ran a small restaurant over a century ago in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province. It's a signature dish of Sichuan cuisine, presenting its characteristic flavour: Mala (麻辣), namely numbing and spicy.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have tofu and shrimp salt-flavored mapo tofu with crunchy crispy toppings using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings:
  1. Prepare 1 block Tofu
  2. Make ready 12 Shrimp
  3. Get 20 grams Frozen green peas
  4. Take 1 piece ◎ Carrot (minced)
  5. Prepare 1 piece ◎ Ginger (minced)
  6. Make ready 1 tbsp ◎ Green onion (minced)
  7. Make ready 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoons Doubanjiang
  8. Take 200 ml ■ Water
  9. Get 1 1/2 tsp ■ Chicken soup stock granules
  10. Take 1/4 tsp ■ Salt
  11. Get 1 tbsp ■ Sake
  12. Take 1 tbsp Sesame oil
  13. Prepare 1 Katakuriko slurry
  14. Prepare 1 Tempura crumbs and green onion for garnish

The original crispy tofu snack is deep fried until crispy and golden. It is then served in a brown sauce that is garlicky and slightly sweet. When making this dish at home, I prefer to use a lazier method and bake the tofu instead of deep-frying. If you try it once you'd be surprised how amazing the tofu turns out.

Steps to make Tofu and Shrimp Salt-Flavored Mapo Tofu with Crunchy Crispy Toppings:
  1. Drain the water from the tofu very well. Peel the shrimp, remove the intestinal tracts. Sprinkle with a little sake (not listed) and massage the shrimp well. If you need to make tempura crumbs do it now: Fry some tempura batter by drizzling it into hot oil, then take out and drain well.
  2. Heat up the sesame oil in a frying pan, add the ingredients marked with ◎ and stir fry until aromatic. Add the doubanjiang and stir fry lightly.
  3. Add the ingredients marked with ■ and bring to a boil. Add the green peas.
  4. Add the tofu that has been cut into easy to eat pieces, and shake the frying pan.
  5. When it comes to a boil again, add the shrimp. When they change color turn off the heat. Add the katakuriko slurry, stir gently, then turn the heat on again and cook until the sauce has thickened.
  6. Transfer to a serving plate and top with tempura crumbs and thinly sliced green onion.
  7. This is a version where the tempura crumbs are simmered in the sauce. I just changed used red chili peppers to doubanjiang. Otherwise all the other amounts are the same. It's also delicious served over rice (enough for 2 servings).

When making this dish at home, I prefer to use a lazier method and bake the tofu instead of deep-frying. If you try it once you'd be surprised how amazing the tofu turns out. Carefully add the coated tofu pieces into the pan. I owe Mark Bittman for this life changing crispy-tofu hack. Freezing the tofu causes the water pockets within it expand, which helps it to cook more evenly and makes space for the tofu to absorb extra flavor.

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