Recipe: Appetizing Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu)

Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu). Make a trip to the Asian market and make one of your favorite Chinese food dishes at home! I've been cooking a lot and trying new things and Mapo Tofu is one of our favorite Chinese food dishes. It's the dish that we always order when we go out and the spicier, the better.

Mapo tofu is one of the top ten famous Chinese dishes and enjoys a high popularity among not only Chinese people but also many western countries. Get the recipe for Eggplant and Tofu Stir-Fry. Mapo Tofu is a popular Chinese dish from Sichuan province. You can have Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu)

1. It's 1 of eggplant wash and dry pat then diced into 1-2” cubes.
2. You need 1/2 of of silky tofu diced into small cubes.
3. You need of Chopped/sliced green onion.
4. You need of Minced garlic (3 cloves garlics).
5. It's of Grated fresh ginger (1 tsp).
6. Prepare 1 of dates soaked in 1/4 cup water (you can substitute with sugar).
7. Prepare 2 tsp of Gochujang (fermented red pepper paste) you can get it in any Asian store. (Less or more).
8. Prepare of Mushrooms powder.
9. Prepare of Soy sauces.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of cornstarch (less or more).
11. It's 1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper (optional).
12. Prepare of Water.

So you won't be stir frying eggplant for a long time. This dish truly lights up all the senses. Try this easy-to-make recipe for yourself, and you will. It has a spicy, pungent, and appetizing flavor that goes perfectly with steamed rice.

Spicy Eggplant Mapo Tofu (un-stir fried Eggplant and Tofu) step by step

1. Using your skillet over medium high heat, roasted the eggplants until turning brown. Set aside..
2. Meanwhile microwave the dates in 40 seconds. Smashed it and strained it..
3. Still using the skillet add the dates liquid, garlics, ginger, mushrooms powder,gochujang paste, cayenne pepper, and soy sauce. Add more water, mixed well then add the tofu..
4. Cover with the lid, and let it boiled..
5. When the tofu mixture boiled add the eggplant, mixed well. Put in a simmer until the eggplant is cooked and tender..
6. In a small bowl mixed the cornstarch and water. Pouring into the eggplant mixture, stir quickly, taste it and add the green onion. Turn off the heat..
7. Then the spicy eggplant mapo tofu is ready to served along with steam rice or brown rice as your choice. Enjoy 😊.
8. ❤️HappyCooking❤️.

I love cooking mapo tofu for a quick lunch or dinner. Sometimes I double the meat and sauce, so it will be enough to serve two. In this vegan, Szechuan-inspired dish, eggplants and tofu are cooked in a spicy garlic and ginger-infused sauce that will make anyone an eggplant lover. Eggplant recipes appear on this blog so often that I could probably change the name to FatFree Eggplant Recipes. This mapo tofu recipe is the true blue, authentic real deal—the spicy, tongue-numbing, rice-is-absolutely-not-optional mapo tofu that you get in the restaurants!