Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu. Try this quick and easy vegetarian recipe if you find it hard to find something meat-free to tickle your taste buds. Stir through the coriander just before serving. Top tip for making Spicy lentil tofu.

Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu Mapo tofu was one of my favourite dishes growing up. Since my mother is Japanese, majority of the time I had the Japanese version of Mapo Tofu (also known as Mabo Dofu), over a bed of hot. Spicy, delicious mapo tofu is usually made with ground pork, but for this vegan recipe, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms and haven't sacrificed Indeed, mapo tofu is one of the most famous tofu recipes to have made it out of China.

Hey everyone, it's John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Try this quick and easy vegetarian recipe if you find it hard to find something meat-free to tickle your taste buds. Stir through the coriander just before serving. Top tip for making Spicy lentil tofu.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spicy vegan lentil mabo tofu using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:

{Make ready 100 g of lentils, soaked overnight.
{Take 1 block of silk or soft tofu, 350-400 g.
{Make ready 3 cloves of garlic.
{Make ready 1 of chunk fresh ginger.
{Make ready 1 of spring or green onion, white part.
{Prepare 1 Tbsp of Chinese fermented black beans.
{Get 1/2 tsp of Sichuan peppercorns, ground.
{Take 1-2 tsp of douban jiang (spicy chili bean paste).
{Get 1 Tbsp of sesame oil (or vegetable oil).
{Make ready 1/2 cup of vegetable or kombu stock.
{Prepare 2 tsp of potato starch.
{Prepare 1 Tbsp of soy sauce.
{Make ready 1 tsp of sugar.
{Get of Chopped scallions to garnish.

This spicy, delicious dish usually includes small amount of. Mapo tofu is a justly popular menu item in many Chinese restaurants. It is a quickly cooked dish of braised tofu with minced pork (sometimes beef) in a bracing spicy sauce made with fermented black beans and fermented broad bean paste, along with hot red pepper and Sichuan pepper. With creamy blocks of tofu smothered in a fragrant, spicy sauce made from ground mushrooms, this Vegan Mapo Tofu recipe is just as comforting and flavorful.

Steps to make Spicy Vegan Lentil Mabo Tofu:

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..
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..
Add the douban jiang/spicy chili bean paste and fry briefly while mixing it into the other ingredients..
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..
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..
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..
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..

Mabo tofu, a tofu and vegetable stew with a gravy sauce, is one of the most popular homecooked dishes in Japan. This recipe, inspired from a dish made by those homecooked meals, is recreated with a healthy touch and will be enjoyed by children and all ages. It is wonderful to serve with brown rice. Spicy Quinoa-Lentil Wraps are a Trader Joe's copycat recipe and perfect for lunch, dinner or make ahead meals! If you are a fan of Trader Joe's spicy red lentil wraps, you will LOVE these Spicy Quinoa-Lentil Wraps with tahini sauce!

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