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Ingredients:
beef, 100 g
soft tofu (bean curd cake), 250 g
Preparation:Clean the beef and
the bean curd with water. Then
cut the beef into mince and cut
the tofu into 1-inch cubes and put
them onto a separate plate.
Seasonings:
salt
white sugar
broad bean paste
cooking wine
starch (corn or potato starch)
soy sauce
prickly ash seeds powderchopped green onion
chopped garlic
Note: the amount of the
seasonings listed above can be
appropriately measured according
to one's personal taste.
Meanwhile, please get ready the
wet starch for the thickening later.
Home/ Tours/ Food/ Cooking Class/ Vegetable Dishes/ Ma Po Tofu
Chinese name: (m p du fu)
Style: Sichuan(Szechuan) Cuisine
Characteristics: it is a dish mixed with yellowish-white tofu
and reddish brown chili sauce. People often use seven words
to describe this dish which are numbing, spicy, hot, fresh,
tender, delicious and crispy.
The most well-known dish among the spicy and hot dishes of
Sichuan Cuisine, ma po tofu is made of soft tofu, ground
beef, chopped chili, prickly ash powder and broad bean
paste. It is rich in vegetable protein, calcium, phosphorous,iron, vitamins and carbohydrates, featuring an outstanding
effect in strengthening the middle burner and replenishing qi
(essential energy), removing the poisonous quality of any
substance, nourishing the marrow as well as replenishing the essence.
Methods:
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Step 1: Fill half wok water, turn on the heat and pour in the tofu cubes when the water is boiling. Boil the
bean curd for 1 minute and then pick them out of the wok, and remove excess water through a colander.
Step 2: Pour away the water in the wok, and place the wok over high heat until hot. Add some cooking
oil, swirling to coat sides. Add in the chopped ginger to be stir-fried by high heat for about 10 seconds, add
in the broad bean paste and stir-fry them together until smelling fragrant, about 20 seconds.
Step 3: Pour in the ground beef and stir-fried it for about 1 minute on high heat, add in the cooing wine
and the soy sauce and stir-fry them together for a furthur 1 minute until the ground beef is 90% percent
cooked.
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high heat until all are covered with the seasoning sauce.
Step 5: Add in the previously prepared wet starch flour and stir well for 20 seconds until you feel it is a
little bit sticky. This process is mainly to thicken the flavored sauce to stay with the bean curd and the beef.
Step 6: Now, turn off the heat, add in the chopped green onion and the prickly ash powder. Stir them
with cooking ladle until they are mixed with the other ingredients in the wok. Then ladle it out of the wok
and put it into a f ine porcelain plate.
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It is done and indeed is an irresistible temptation.
Tips: You can also try Home-style Tofuor Celery and Dry Bean Curd.
Historyof Ma Po Tofu
Do you know how ma po tofu got its name? During the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1871-1908) of the Qing
Dynasty(1644 -1911), a woman named Wen Qiaoqiao pitted from pock-marks in Chengdu Citywas married
to an owner of an oil refinery. Unluckily, after 10 years of marriage her husband died in an accident whilecarrying oil. After her husband's death, Qiaoqiao and her sister in-law were left poorly off. Her husband's
former laborers and her neighbors often took rice and vegetables to assist them. There happened to be a
tofu shop and a beef shop on either side of their residence. One day, Qiaoqiao put the ground beef and the
tofu together to be stewed into a dish and found it tasted delicious. Then, she asked the neighbors to taste it
and almost all of them felt it nice to eat. Thus, she and her sister in-law changed their house into a small
restaurant, front part of which was the restaurant and the back part the living quarter. They mainly served
the patrons with the stewed tofu with ground beef and built up a good business due to the tastiness of their
signature dish and its affordable price. Later, Qiaoqiao hadn't remarried and lived on her small restaurant all
the time. After she died, people named the dish as ma po tofu (pock-marked grandmother) to remember her
and the name has been used ever since.
Our Guests Attending Cooking Class
Our Guests Dining in a Local Family
On Jun.22, 2012, a tour group with 16 guests from
USA and Australia, including Mr. Bruce, Ms. Ruth,
Mr. Jules, and Ms. Carol had a family visit in Xian
arranged by TravelChinaGuide. This was also the
fourth time Mr. Bruce traveled with us. They
enjoyed their time there and also the food offered
by the hostess. Ms. Carol was so exciting to cook
Chinese dish Ma Po Tofu for the first time.
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On Sep. 23, 2011, Mr. Iain & Ms. Elizabeth from USA had an unusual A la carte meal in a local Xian
family under the elaborate management by our company. All the dishes they ate were cooked by the
skillful hostess, except two of them - Mapo Tofu and Braised Pomfret were even made by Ms.
Elizabeth herself under the detailed instructions of the patient hostess.
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Mr. Iain & Ms. Elizabeth with the Hostess
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Mrs. Eichhorn Cooking Mapo Tofu
On May 1, 2010, Mr. & Mrs. Eichhorn from
Germany experienced a special family tour of
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apartment and communicate with the host, Mrs.
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