Easy and Addictive Mapo Tofu

  1. Peel the garlic and ginger and chop finely.
  2. Cut the Japanese leek into 1 cm slices.
  3. Combine the ingredients.
  4. Make a katakuriko slurry by dissolving katakuriko in water.
  5. Heat a skillet over low heat, pour in the sesame oil and saute the garlic and ginger.
  6. Once it is fragrant, add the Japanese leek and turn up the heat to medium.
  7. When the ingredients are well coated with oil, add the ground pork and sprinkle on the salt and pepper.
  8. Turn up the heat and saute the ground pork while loosening the meat with wooden spatula.
  9. When the meat turns brown, add the flavoring ingredients, tofu and 50 ml of water.
  10. Break up the tofu into big pieces with a wooden spatula.
  11. Once it comes to a boil, turn off the heat and swirl in the katakuriko slurry.
  12. Immediately mix the ingredients and simmer over medium heat until thickens.
  13. Serve it onto a plate and sprinkle some sansho pepper to taste.
  14. If you don't have the sansho pepper, black pepper is OK too.

tofu, ground pork, clove garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sake, doubanjiang, salt, pepper, katakuriko, sansho pepper

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/147279-easy-and-addictive-mapo-tofu (may not work)

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