Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu
Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Once the lentils are soft, cut the tofu into bite-sized cubes and add it into the pan. Gently toss to mix but avoid stirring or the tofu may fall apart. Vegan Mapo Tofu is a delicious Sichuan dish of soft, silken tofu and shiitake in a gloriously rich, spicy and slightly tingly sauce. Simply perfect over a bed of rice.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:
  1. Prepare 100 g lentils, soaked overnight
  2. Prepare 1 block silk or soft tofu, 350-400 g
  3. Take 3 cloves garlic
  4. Prepare 1 chunk fresh ginger
  5. Make ready 1 spring or green onion, white part
  6. Prepare 1 Tbsp Chinese fermented black beans
  7. Get 1/2 tsp Sichuan peppercorns, ground
  8. Take 1-2 tsp douban jiang (spicy chili bean paste)
  9. Prepare 1 Tbsp sesame oil (or vegetable oil)
  10. Get 1/2 cup vegetable or kombu stock
  11. Take 2 tsp potato starch
  12. Make ready 1 Tbsp soy sauce
  13. Take 1 tsp sugar
  14. Prepare Chopped scallions to garnish

Mapo tofu is a very popular Sichuan dish made up of tofu and minced meat, cooked in a spicy red sauce. But you can easily make a vegan mapo tofu recipe by substituting the meat for chopped mushrooms. Are you looking for amazing vegan Chinese recipes? Let me introduce you to the ultimate vegan mapo tofu recipe.

Steps to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:
  1. Prep all the ingredients beforehand so you can work quickly while stir-frying (don't forget to soak your lentils for 6-8 hours!). Mince the garlic, green onion and fermented black beans. Grate the ginger and lightly grind the Sichuan peppercorns.
  2. In a large frying pan or wok, heat the sesame oil and fry the ginger, garlic and spring onion until fragrant. Add the fermented black beans and Sichuan peppercorns and fry for about 1 minute, stirring.
  3. Add the douban jiang/spicy chili bean paste and fry briefly while mixing it into the other ingredients.
  4. Add the soaked and drained lentils, then pour in enough water to just cover everything. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer on medium low for about 15 minutes until the lentils are soft.
  5. While the lentils are cooking, mix 1/2 cup stock with 2 tsp potato starch, 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp sugar in a small bowl and set aside.
  6. Once the lentils are soft, cut the tofu into bite-sized cubes and add it into the pan. Gently toss to mix but avoid stirring or the tofu may fall apart.
  7. Give the stock mix from step 5 a stir and pour it over the lentils and tofu. Bring to a boil and simmer for a couple minutes until the sauce has thickened a bit. Garnish with chopped scallions and serve.

Are you looking for amazing vegan Chinese recipes? Let me introduce you to the ultimate vegan mapo tofu recipe. Another (possible) caveat is that this recipe - as made below - is really spicy, though, as is typical of Sichuan cooking, the unique numbing effect of Sichuan pepper makes the heat from the chile paste and flakes much easier to take, and the cubed tofu helps absorb some of the heat. Still, this is right at the edge of how spicy I like. Heat peanut oil in a wok over medium-high heat.

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