# Mapo Tofu

- Cuisine: Chinese
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- dried red chili
- Sichuan peppercorns
- chili paste
- red chili powder
- scallion
- garlic
- ginger
- tofu
- ground beef
- cooking wine
- water
- cornstarch slurry

## Instructions

1. Toast dried red chilies and Sichuan peppercorns in a pan.
2. Add chili paste and red chili powder to the pan, then blend the mixture.
3. Finely chop scallions, garlic, and ginger.
4. Cut the block of tofu into uniform cubes.
5. Blanch the tofu cubes in boiling water.
6. Brown the ground beef in a hot pan.
7. Stir in the chopped garlic, ginger, and scallions, then incorporate the blended chili paste mixture.
8. Deglaze the pan with cooking wine.
9. Add water, ground Sichuan peppercorns, and cornstarch slurry to create the sauce.
10. Gently fold in the blanched tofu cubes.
11. Serve the finished mapo tofu over rice and garnish with additional chopped scallion greens.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdO63cDhXdm/?stkn=ejV5azB5dWw5eG04
- Creator: Matthew Norman Broussard
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8f3a7cf6-5a4b-4268-9913-18860dd41bc6
- Extracted: 2026-09-13

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