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My Family's Recipe for Szechuan Mapo Tofu.

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The ingredients needed to make My Family's Recipe for Szechuan Mapo Tofu:

1. {Make ready of Silken tofu.
2. {Take of Pork shoulder (or ground pork).
3. {Get of of a stalk Finely chopped Japanese leek.
4. {Get of to 2 stalks Garlic scape (or garlic leaves).
5. {Take of Chicken stock.
6. {Get of ★ Douchi.
7. {Make ready of ★ Doubanjiang.
8. {Make ready of ★ Tianmianjiang.
9. {Take of ★ Sugar.
10. {Take of Shaoxing wine.
11. {Make ready of abou 2 tablespoons of the flour Katakuriko slurry.
12. {Get of plus Sesame oil for finishing.
13. {Prepare of Sansho Japanese pepper.
14. {Take of Vinegar (optional).

Steps to make My Family's Recipe for Szechuan Mapo Tofu:

1. Roughly grind up the fatty bits of pork in a food processor..
2. Chop up the leek roughly. Cut the garlic scape stems into 4 cmlong pieces..
3. In a pan, bring 500 ml of water to a boil, and add the tofu that's been cut into large chunks, as well as the garlic stems. Take the tofu and garlic steams out just before the water comes to a boils. Attention: if you boil the tofu for too long, it will lose the wobbly pudding-like texture..
4. Heat up a wok over high heat. When the wok is hot add oil, swirl it around and pour out. Add 1 tablespoon of oil to the wok, and add the ground pork from Step 1 and stir fry. When the meat becomes crumbly, add the garlic scape and the ingredients marked with ★ and continue stir frying..
5. Pour in the chicken stock and stir the wok from the bottom so that you get all the flavor that's on the surface. Add the tofu from Step 3. Turn down the heat to low, add the Shaoxing wine, and simmer for 2-3 minutes..
6. Dribble in the katakuriko slurry (2:1 water to katakuriko ratio) from a height, and in a round, circling motion. Swivel the wok and the ladle around at the same time..
7. When the sauce has thickened, add the vinegar and leek..
8. Turn the heat to high, and drizzle in sesame oil around the sides of the wok. Shake the wok so that the oil sinks to the bottom too. Add sansho pepper to taste..
9. Bon appetit..

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