Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Mario Batali Our Family's Mapo Doufu with Lots of Sauce

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The ingredients needed to make Our Family's Mapo Doufu with Lots of Sauce:

1. Take 1 block Tofu (silken)
2. Prepare 100 grams Ground pork
3. Get 2 to 3 Wood ear mushrooms
4. Take 2 tsp Doubanjiang
5. Get 2 cm worth from the tube of each Garlic and ginger (I used tubed type)
6. Take 300 ml ☆ Lukewarm water
7. Make ready 2 tsp ☆ Chicken stock granules
8. Make ready 1 tsp ☆Tianmianjiang (or miso)
9. Make ready 1 tsp ☆ Soy sauce
10. Make ready 1 tsp ☆ Ketchup
11. Make ready 1 tsp ☆ Mirin
12. Prepare 1 tbsp Sesame oil (for stir frying)
13. Take 1 Chinese chives (or green onion) finely chopped

Instructions to make Our Family's Mapo Doufu with Lots of Sauce:

1. Wrap the tofu in kitchen paper towels and microwave for 2 minutes. Leave to drain. Rehydrate the wood ear mushrooms in lukewarm water. Sprinkle a little sake (not listed) on the ground pork and fluff it up.
2. Chop the tofu and wood ear mushrooms into spoonable sizes. Combine the ☆ ingredients together. The chives should be chopped into small rounds. Prepare the katakuriko slurry (dissolve it in a bit of water).
3. Heat a frying pan and add the ingredients in this order: Sesame oil, garlic, ginger, doubanjiang, then ground pork. Stir fry well. Add the combined sauce ingredients, and when it comes to a boil add the tofu and wood ear mushrooms.
4. Cook over medium heat for a little while, then add the katakuriko slurry to thicken the sauce. Add the chives and then turn off the heat. Transfer to a serving plate and you're done. Delicious over rice!

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