Mabo Dofu - Tofu with Beef

Submitted by Eduardo Maldonado

"This recipe comes from an English-language Chinese cookbook of my mother's. I have made it...easy and delicious, and better than in the Chinese restaurants. As most Chinese dishes, it is best as part of a meal of a variety of dishes and a group of people. Accompany with Oriental boiled rice. Mabo Dofu (Bean Curd with Ground Beef and Chili Peppers)"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: side dish servings
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 packages bean curd (3/4 lb (tofu))
• 1⁄4 lb ground beef or 1/4 lb minced beef
• 3 tablespoons oil (or cooking spray)
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 3 chili peppers, chopped (or use chili flakes)
• 1 tablespoon leek, chopped
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch, mixed with
• 1⁄2 cup water or 1/2 cup broth
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

directions

1. Cut bean curd into bite-sized squares and set aside. Heat oil and fry garlic, chili peppers and chopped leek.
2. Add meat. When meat changes color, lightly stir in bean curd, soy sauce and = sugar.
3. Cover with lid and cook for 10 min.
4. Add cornstarch mixture, allowing it to thicken for a few minutes.
5. Turn out into serving dish, sprinkle with the sesame oil and serve hot. EmmaDeer

Reviews

[Foxyrae]

This was just perfect! Served on a bed of rice. Didn't have any chili peppers and didn't know how much flakes to substitute, so I put in 4 tsp. of flakes which I thought was going to KILL us haha...but I ended up tripling the sauce to have it run onto the rice, so the heat was still really spicy but JUST right for us! Will definitely be making this again!!

 

[Pamela]

This dish really impressed our chinese exchange student! I used beef cut into small cubes and I did add 2 garlic cloves instead of just 1. I also used dark soy sauce which has become a staple around here. Thanks for posting this, our exchange student thanks you too :)

 

[ron potash]

I learned this dish first using pork slivers. Beef slivers/ground beef are just as good for variety.

 

[Rain8554]

I used veggie meat instead of beef and it turned out quite good