Buta Dofu Pork With Tofu Food

MA-PO TOFU (SIMMERED TOFU WITH GROUND PORK)

Steps:

• Put oil in a deep 10-inch skillet or wok, preferably nonstick, and turn heat to medium-high. A minute later, add garlic, ginger and red pepper flakes, and cook just until they begin to sizzle, less than a minute. Add pork, and stir to break it up; cook, stirring occasionally, until it loses most of its pink color.
• Add scallions and stir; add stock. Cook for a minute or so, scraping bottom of pan with a wooden spoon if necessary to loosen any stuck bits of meat, then add tofu. Cook, stirring once or twice, until tofu is heated through, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the soy sauce; taste, and add salt and red pepper flakes as necessary. Garnish with cilantro if you like, and serve.

SPICY PORK TOFU

Steps:

• Sprinkle cabbage with the 1/2 tablespoon of salt and let stand for 30 minutes. Place the cabbage on a clean dish towel or cheese cloth and squeeze out any water. The dryer the cabbage, the better. In a hot wok that's been coated with canola oil add the ground pork. Stir-fry until nearly cooked through. Add ginger, garlic and salt; cook for another two minutes. Deglaze with soy sauce, add napa cabbage and sesame oil, continue cooking until the cabbage is wilted. Check seasoning.
• Plating: Spoon contents of wok over the tofu on a large serving platter, serve family style.

BUTA DOFU - PORK WITH TOFU

Steps:

• Slice pork into thin strips.
• Heat oil in a heavy frying pan and brown pork well.
• Add onion, garlic and ginger and cook until the onion has softened.
• Add cubed tofu and broth and cook 10 minutes.
• Season with sugar and soy sauce.
• Cook covered, 5 minutes.
• Add cornstarch which has been mixed with a little water and stir gently until thickened.
• Let steam for a minute.
• Add sliced green onion and steam for a minute or so.
• May garnish with chopped green onions just before serving if desired.

SPICY SICHUAN TOFU (MAPO DOUFU)

Steps:

• Grind peppercorns in grinder and set aside.
• Cut tofu into 3/4-inch cubes and pat dry.
• Heat wok over high heat until it begins to smoke, then pour oil down side and swirl to coat bottom and side. Stir-fry pork until no longer pink. Add bean sauce, black beans, and chile powder and stir-fry 1 minute. Stir in stock, soy sauce, sugar, tofu, and a pinch of salt. Simmer, gently stirring occasionally, 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, stir together cornstarch and water until smooth.
• Stir cornstarch mixture into stir-fry and simmer, gently stirring occasionally, 1 minute. Stir in scallions and simmer 1 minute. Serve sprinkled with Sichuan pepper.
• **Serve with:**perfect steamed rice

MABO DOFU

Steps:

• Heat the sesame oil in a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat, and cook and stir the ginger and garlic until the garlic just begins to brown, about 30 seconds. Stir in the pork, breaking it up as you stir, and cook and stir until the pork is browned and broken into small pieces. Add the chili bean sauce, soy sauce, sake, and oyster sauce, stir to mix the ingredients together, reduce heat, and let simmer until the mixture thickens slightly, about 3 more minutes.
• Thin the sauce with water as needed (sauce should not be watery) and gently stir in the tofu. Simmer until the tofu is hot and coated with sauce, about 10 minutes, stirring a few more times. Serve sprinkled with chopped green onion.

PORK WITH TOFU - {BUTADOFU} RECIPE

Steps:

• In a skillet (a wok will work too), heat oil and stir-fry pork. Add onions, water chestnuts and water. Combine sugar, soy sauce, ginger and soybean paste. Add to pork and vegetables. Add tofu. Cook about five minutes. Serve. This recipe yields 4 servings.

ARARE DOFU NO AEMONO

Steps:

• cut the tofu into 1/2 inch cubes or 2 inch matchsticks.
• Cut the carrots into matchsticks. You can also use 1 3/4 ounces narazuke pickles.
• You can use diced pickled red gingerroot in place of the cucumber pickles.
• Combine first four ingredients in bowl.
• Make dressing.
• Add to vegetables.
• Toss lightly.