Spicy Pork & Vegetable Tofu – Likely Non Mapo Tofu

This powerfulness await similar I was trying to brand a version of a famous Chinese dish called mapo tofu, exactly that's non the case, in addition to inwards fact, I'm pretty certain I was making this earlier I knew what mapo tofu was. And straightaway that I’ve addressed the people that were going to complain this isn’t authentic, nosotros tin continue.

I'm assuming that whatever I did larn this sentiment from was most probable a version of mapo, exactly that's every bit far every bit it goes. Which reminds me, this is a keen recipe to accommodate to your ain tastes, non alone amongst the sauce ingredients, exactly too inwards regards to what vegetables you lot include.

Zucchini is our favorite, peculiarly if you lot conduct hold the extra fifteen minutes to common salt it, exactly pretty much whatever dice-able seasonal vegetables volition shine. So, delight maintain this ane inwards postulate heed every bit you lot browse the farmers market, exactly no affair what you lot pose in, I actually produce promise you lot a give this delicious tofu dish a endeavor soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for iv Portions:

1 1/4 pounds solid soil pork

1 pound theatre tofu, cubed (my parcel was xiv ounces)

handful of sliced dark-green onions

minced hot chili peppers, every bit much every bit you lot like

3 modest zucchini, cubed, toss amongst 1 tablespoon kosher common salt (rinse later fifteen minutes)

freshly chopped cilantro to complete

sliced dark-green onions for the top

For the sauce:

3 tablespoons Korean chili glue aka Gochujang, or other chili glue production to gustation (click hither to read a footling to a greater extent than nearly Gochujang)

1/3 loving cup rice vinegar

1/4 loving cup hoisin sauce

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon ketchup

1 tablespoon sesame oil

4 cloves minced garlic

1 tablespoon finely grated ginger