Mabo Dofu

A quick tofu and pork rice-night staple from a Japanese recipe card.

Ingredients

  • 2 packs silken tofu
  • 100g ground pork or beef
  • Green onion, ginger, garlic, and dried red pepper
  • Touban jan, red miso, sake, soy sauce, sugar, chicken soup, potato starch, and water

Instructions

  1. Cube tofu and briefly boil it in hot water.
  2. Mix miso, sake, soy sauce, and sugar in one bowl; mix potato starch and water in another.
  3. Stir-fry aromatics, touban jan, and meat until browned.
  4. Add sauce, broth, tofu, green onion, and starch slurry; stir gently until glossy. Serve with rice.