Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork
Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, sweet and spicy simmered grilled tofu and ground pork. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork is something that I have loved my whole life.

Faster than phoning for take-out and far better, my little sister's version of the Chinese classic 'Mapo Dofu' is the stuff of obsession. This is tofu for meat lovers! Instead of using only bean paste salty and spicy, Chen has also adopted the sweet bean paste in the recipe and make it less spicy and less greasy.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have sweet and spicy simmered grilled tofu and ground pork using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork:
  1. Prepare 1 block Grilled tofu
  2. Make ready 100 grams Ground pork
  3. Get 1/2 of a large onion Onion
  4. Prepare 1 heaping teaspoon Ginger (grated)
  5. Take 300 ml ＊ Water
  6. Get 2 tbsp ＊ Soy sauce
  7. Get 1 tbsp ＊ Mirin
  8. Make ready 1 tbsp ＊ Sake
  9. Make ready 2 tsp ＊ Sugar (light brown)
  10. Prepare 2 tsp ＊ Instant bonito dashi stock (granules)
  11. Get 2 tsp of katakuriko and 1 tablespoon of water Katakuriko dissolved in water

Tofu is a blank canvas ready to take on other flavors, so an umami packed recipe like this makes the tofu the best part of this dish. Even if you think you don't like tofu, I recommend giving it a try here. It keeps the dish from getting a bit too meat heavy by adding a different kind of texture. Increase the flavor and lower the cost for seasoning your favorite grilled meats by making my signature sweet rub at home!

Steps to make Sweet and Spicy Simmered Grilled Tofu and Ground Pork:
  1. Cut the tofu into 8 pieces.
  2. Slice the onion thinly and lengthwise along the grain.
  3. Stir fry the ground pork in a non-stick frying pan without any oil. When the color of the meat has changed add the onion and stir fry until the onion is softened.
  4. Add the tofu and the ingredients marked with ＊ - 300 ml of water, the soy sauce, mirin, sake, light brown sugar and dashi stock granules - to the pan in Step 3. Cover with a piece of aluminum foil and simmer for 10 minutes over medium heat.
  5. Add the grated ginger, and finally add the katakuriko dissolved in water to thicken the sauce.
  6. Sprinkle some chopped green onions on top to taste. It's done! It's good with some ichimi togarashi red chili pepper powder sprinkled on too.

Some pitmasters go to the grave protecting their signature spice rub recipes. Scallop simmered in green curry and coconut milk with bamboo shoot, pea and sweet basil.. I may do that next time, though, in which case I would add a little arrowroot flour to the sauce to thicken it , chop up the tofu and the peppers then toss it all together and add a bit of lime juice and cilantro. Fire up your grill and add this smokey goodness to your menu just in time for grilling and BBQ season. Combine soybean oil, soy sauce, sriracha, lime juice, honey and pepper in a self-sealing plastic bag.

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