Recipe: Yummy Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version).

You can cook Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) using 23 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version)

1. Prepare of soft silken organic tofu (package).
2. You need of green onion.
3. It's of garlic.
4. You need of ginger freshly peeled (size of thumb ).
5. Prepare of ground pork.
6. It's of star anise.
7. It's of salt.
8. Prepare of black pepper or white pepper.
9. It's of oyster sauce.
10. It's of hoisin sauce.
11. It's of garlic chili sauce.
12. It's of sirracha.
13. Prepare of shaoxing rice wine.
14. Prepare of chicken stock.
15. Prepare of avocado oil.
16. Prepare of cayenne pepper powder.
17. It's of chili powder.
18. It's of crushed red pepper.
19. Prepare of dark soy sauce.
20. Prepare of cilantro chopped discard stem.
21. It's of cornstarch mixed in 2 tablespoons cold water.
22. It's of dry red chilis.
23. It's of white rice.

Spicy Mapo Tofu (Healthier Version) instructions

1. Finely chop green onion, peeled garlic and peeled ginger. Set aside..
2. Combine ground pork, salt and pepper to taste,cayenne, chili powder and pour in Shao xing rice wine, dark soy sauce and set aside to marinate for 10 min.
3. In a hot wok, pour in avocado oil. Sautee green onion, garlic and ginger until aromatic. Be careful not to brown the garlic.
4. Add in ground pork mixture and brown..
5. When pork is cooked, add in star anise, crushed red pepper, dry red chilis, oyster sauce, hoisin, chili garlic sauce, sirracha, and chicken broth. Let everything combine and bring to a boil..
6. Cut tofu into 1/2 inch cubes and add to pork mixture. Let boil for 5 min. Taste it to see if more salt needed.
7. Add cornstarch slurry to mixture. Let boil for 1 min. Remove from heat, pour into casserole dish and top with freshly chopped cilantro.
8. Make steamed rice on the side. And serve together.