Ma Po Tofu - Chinese recipe

Ingredients:

• 100gr. minced pork
• 1 cake silken tofu
• 1tsp. salt to taste
• 1tsp. sugar to taste
• 3tbsp. Sichuan spicy bean paste
• 2tbsp. chili powder
• 2tbsp cooking oil
• 3tbsp chili oil
• 1tbsp Sichuan peppercorns (roasted and ground to powder)
• 1tbsp light soy sauce
• 1tsp fragmented black beans (rinsed and pounded)
• 2 stalks of scallions/green onions
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2c. water

Cooking Method:

1. Cut the tofu into small pieces, daring the water from the tofu and set aside.
2. Heat up the wok and pour in the cooking oil and chili oil.
3. Add the chopped garlic, minced pork, soy sauce, fragmented black beans and stir fry until aromatic.
4. Add the tofu and water, stir gently to blend the tofu (don't let them break) well with the sauce.
5. Lower the heat and simmer for about 3-5 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
6. Add in the roasted Sichuan Peppercorn powder and chopped scallions/green onions. Gently stir and blend well.
7. Dish out and serve hot.