Legend has it that an old woman, Mrs. Chen, who had a few pockmarks on her face, set up a food stall in the township, and when the footmen who picked up oil passed by, they used to come to her stall to eat, and she scraped the leftover oil from the bottom of the oil drum, and burned the tofu for them. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Chen came to eat her tofu. As a result, Mapo Tofu became famous all over the world. Chen Ma Po is a memorable figure, and the history of Chinese cooking should be written about her, because Ma Po Tofu is really delicious.

The key to making Ma Po Tofu is: First, more oil. Two, use ground beef. I have made Ma Po Tofu many times and it was not the same flavor, then I realized that I was using lean ground pork. Minced beef can not be replaced with minced pork. Third, to use PI County bean paste. Douban shall be chopped. Four is to use the fire, once the soup gradually income tofu, only to start the pot. Five is to sprinkle a layer of Sichuan peppercorns when starting the pot. Must use Sichuan pepper, namely named "big red robe". With Shanxi, Hebei pepper, the flavor is poor. Sixth is to eat out. If you are drinking and talking, you should free your mouth to talk. Mapo tofu must be: numb, spicy, hot.

The main ingredients: a piece of tofu (preferably choose the southern tofu); Ma Po Tofu seasoning bag; 50 grams of beef stuffing

Seasoning: green garlic moderate; peppercorns moderate

Making Steps:

1. Prepare the materials, tofu cut into cubes and then blanch standby, the pot does not put the oil, will be peppercorns stir-fried and browning crushed standby;

2. Ma Po Tofu Seasoning Seasoned with water and standby;

3. Beef stuffing warm oil in the pot, stir-fry until crispy oil;

4. Pour Ma Po tofu seasoning sauce, the seasoning sauce boil;

5. Pour into the tofu block, shake the pot, so that the seasoning sauce wrapped around each piece of tofu, do not have to stir fry;

6. 5 minutes after the addition of the appropriate amount of green garlic, collect the juice to be dished out, sprinkle peppercorn crushed to be able to.