Steps to Prepare Ultimate Vegan Mapo Tofu

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, vegan mapo tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegan Mapo Tofu is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Vegan Mapo Tofu is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook vegan mapo tofu using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:

1. Prepare For the Sauce:
2. Take 3 tbsp. Gochujang OR
3. Make ready 1 tbsp. each Fermented Bean Paste and Fermented Chili Paste
4. Take 1 tbsp. Mirin or other sweet cooking wine
5. Take 2 tbsp. Rice Wine Vinegar
6. Get 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
7. Make ready 1/2 cup Vegetable or other Stock
8. Make ready For the Tofu:
9. Prepare 1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
10. Make ready 1/2 cup minced fresh Shiitake Mushrooms OR
11. Prepare 1/2 cup dried Shiitake Mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water for 10 min. and rinsed
12. Get 1/2 cup chopped Green Onions, white and green parts separated
13. Make ready 3-4 cloves minced Garlic
14. Take 1-2 tbsp. minced Ginger
15. Make ready 2-3 dried Chili Peppers, any variety OR
16. Take 2-3 tbsp. Red Pepper Flakes
17. Prepare 1 package Firm or Extra Firm Tofu, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
18. Get 1 tbsp. Corn Starch dissolved in 1-2 tbsp. water
19. Make ready 1/2 tbsp. Sesame Oil (optional)
20. Get 1-2 tbsp. Sesame or Caraway Seeds for garnish (optional)

Steps to make Vegan Mapo Tofu:

1. Bring 3-4 cups of water to a simmer over medium-high heat. Slide in the chopped tofu and simmer for 10 minutes.
2. Whisk together the sauce ingredients and set aside.
3. While the tofu cooks, sauté the garlic, ginger, and the whites of the onions over medium-high heat until fragrant (1-2 minutes).
4. Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue cooking until soft.
5. Once the mushrooms are done, add the sauce mixture to the pan and bring to a simmer.
6. Strain the poached tofu and gently fold it into the sauce.
7. Bring the sauce to a boil, stirring frequently to prevent burning.
8. Gently stir in the corn starch and sesame oil, and cook until the sauce becomes thick and shiny (3-5 minutes).
9. Serve over white rice or plain greek yogurt.
10. Granish with the green parts of the onions, and sesame or caraway seeds (optional).

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