Steps to Prepare Quick Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This Vegan Mapo Tofu brings together the flavours from both Japanese and Chinese versions of Mapo Tofu. Mapo tofu was one of my favourite dishes growing up. Since my mother is Japanese, majority of the time I had the Japanese version of Mapo Tofu (also known as Mabo Dofu), over a bed of hot. In this video I am going to show you how to make one of the most famous Chinese dish, Mapo tofu.

Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:

1. Get 100 g lentils, soaked overnight
2. Take 1 block silk or soft tofu, 350-400 g
3. Make ready 3 cloves garlic
4. Take 1 chunk fresh ginger
5. Prepare 1 spring or green onion, white part
6. Prepare 1 Tbsp Chinese fermented black beans
7. Take 1/2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns, ground
8. Prepare 1-2 tsp douban jiang (spicy chili bean paste)
9. Get 1 Tbsp sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
10. Get 1/2 cup vegetable or kombu stock
11. Make ready 2 tsp potato starch
12. Make ready 1 Tbsp soy sauce
13. Prepare 1 tsp sugar
14. Get Chopped scallions to garnish

Stir through the coriander just before serving. Top tip for making Spicy lentil tofu. For added texture, coat your tofu in cornflour before frying it. The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style.

Steps to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:

1. Prep all the ingredients beforehand so you can work quickly while stir-frying (don't forget to soak your lentils for 6-8 hours!). Mince the garlic, green onion and fermented black beans. Grate the ginger and lightly grind the Sichuan peppercorns.
2. In a large frying pan or wok, heat the sesame oil and fry the ginger, garlic and spring onion until fragrant. Add the fermented black beans and Sichuan peppercorns and fry for about 1 minute, stirring.
3. Add the douban jiang/spicy chili bean paste and fry briefly while mixing it into the other ingredients.
4. Add the soaked and drained lentils, then pour in enough water to just cover everything. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer on medium low for about 15 minutes until the lentils are soft.
5. While the lentils are cooking, mix 1/2 cup stock with 2 tsp potato starch, 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp sugar in a small bowl and set aside.
6. Once the lentils are soft, cut the tofu into bite-sized cubes and add it into the pan. Gently toss to mix but avoid stirring or the tofu may fall apart.
7. Give the stock mix from step 5 a stir and pour it over the lentils and tofu. Bring to a boil and simmer for a couple minutes until the sauce has thickened a bit. Garnish with chopped scallions and serve.

For added texture, coat your tofu in cornflour before frying it. The Japanese-style Mapo Tofu (Mabo Dofu) is incredibly flavorful but less spicy than the Sichuan-style. Tofu is cooked in a spicy and oily, chili- and bean-based sauce, which lends beautiful bright red color to the dish. While the original Shichuan Mapo Tofu is pretty spicy, the Japanese version is. Easy lentil stew with fluffy mashed potatoes.

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