Pock-Marked Old Woman’s Tofu (Vegetarian Version)

Name: Pock-Marked Old Woman’s Tofu (Vegetarian Version) (Ma Po Dou Fu 麻婆豆腐)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 tbsp cooking oil; 2½ tbsp Sichuan chilli bean paste; 1 tbsp fermented black beans, rinsed and drained; 2 tsp ground red chillies (optional); 500–600 g plain white tofu; Salt; 4 baby leeks or spring onions, green parts only; 4 baby leeks or spring onions, green parts only; ¼ tsp ground white pepper; 2 tsp potato flour mixed with 2 tbsp cold water; 2 tsp potato flour mixed with 2 tbsp cold water; ¼–½ tsp ground roasted Sichuan pepper; 1 tbsp finely chopped ginger; 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic; 100 ml stock or water; 100 ml stock or water

Ma Po Dou Fu 麻婆豆腐

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Every Grain of Rice

By Fuchsia Dunlop

Published 2012

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