Mapo Tofu Scramble
Published July 25, 2024
- Total Time
- 25 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3tablespoons canola or olive oil
- ½pound ground pork or beef
- ½teaspoon ground Sichuan peppercorns or freshly ground black pepper
- ¼teaspoon red-pepper flakes
- 1(1-inch) piece ginger, finely chopped or grated
- 3scallions, sliced thinly, whites and light green parts separated from dark green
- 2tablespoons black bean garlic sauce
- 1tablespoon tomato paste
- 1tablespoon soy sauce
- 1tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1pound silken tofu, drained, cut into ¾-inch pieces
- 5eggs, beaten and seasoned with salt
- Buttered toast, for serving (optional)
Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)
463 calories; 32 grams fat; 9 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 16 grams monounsaturated fat; 5 grams polyunsaturated fat; 16 grams carbohydrates; 2 grams dietary fiber; 5 grams sugars; 29 grams protein; 414 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a 10- or 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high. When hot, add the pork and use a wooden spoon to mash it up into pieces as small as possible. Cook, stirring frequently, until browned all over, about 3 minutes. Turn heat down to medium-low.
- Step 2
Stir in the peppercorns, red pepper, ginger, white and light green parts of the scallion, black bean sauce, tomato paste, soy sauce, sugar and ¼ cup water. Stir very well to break down tomato paste and black bean sauce, then gently stir in the tofu. Turn off heat, transfer the tofu mixture to a bowl and wipe the skillet clean.
- Step 3
In the same skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. When hot, add the eggs and cook, pushing and folding with a spatula until cooked just a little less than you’d like them done. Turn off heat and push the scrambled eggs to one side of the pan to make room for the tofu mixture.
- Step 4
While eggs and the skillet are still warm, return the tofu mixture to the skillet and gently fold into the scrambled eggs, combining the two, doing your best to keep the tofu from breaking up too much. Transfer to serving plates or a platter, sprinkle with the sliced dark green parts of scallion and serve with the buttered toast on the side, if desired.
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Comments
In Chinese cuisine, tofu is not defined so narrowly as a meat substitute as it is in the West, but instead as a standard & versatile protein. So, many popular tofu dishes, like Mapo Tofu, are not vegetarian, but it's easy to make this one veg by way of swaps or the omission of pork altogether. The spicy black bean garlic sauce is probably referring to a popular chinese condiment made of fermented black soy beans. That said, douban Jiang (broad bean sauce) is more traditional in Mapo Tofu.
Food processed mushrooms works instead of pork. Also added spicy bean sauce and Chinese salted black beans. Delish!
i was hoping for vegetarian, too. usually when i see crumbled pork in a recipe i'm able to substitute Beyond italian sausages reasonably successfully.
Came together much quicker than I thought! Used a separate pan for eggs (as I already had a small pan used for an egg earlier) and sliced mushrooms for ground pork - I read food-processed mushrooms work but didn’t want to bother lol. Came out great! I’m glad I got a bottle of black bean sauce on a whim as I love mapo tofu. I don’t think the one I got is authentic (Kikkoman, and it says “with garlic”) but it gives the fix. Would make again!
This was very good! I did add some chili crisp oil when frying the eggs but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. Rich flavour and I could not believe how much I ended up eating! Will definitely make again :)
If I make this again, I'll add more Szechuan peppercorns. It wasn't spicy enough, lacked that mouth-tingle feel.