What is the best Ma Po Tofu recipe?

When you visit the restaurants serving authentic Chinese food in Singapore, you will find plenty of amazing dishes in the menu with Ma Po Tofu as the key ingredient. It is a staple ingredient at majority of the Chinese restaurants, especially the ones serving Szechuan cuisine. Some of the Ma Po Tofu based dishes available at the Chinese restaurants serving dim sum Singapore will tickle your taste buds for long. The succulent flavors and the Chinese spices added along will make the delicacy lip smacking. Now, what is best Ma Po Tofu recipe? Do you want to make a Ma Po tofu dish at home just like the way it is served at a splendid Chinese restaurant in Singapore? Here is a very popular recipe that involves no tough steps.

You can buy Ma Po Tofu from the grocery stores in Singapore. You need to keep it refrigerated until you need it for cooking. Once you take it out of the refrigerator you should immerse it in a bowl of water. Now let us take a look at the other ingredients required to prepare the dish. You need to buy Szechuan peppercorns, both red and green. Buy about a quarter pound of ground pork from the local store. You also need fermented red chilies which are to be mixed with broad bean paste.  You also need red chili flakes in order to cook the dish in the authentic way. You will also need a couple of spring onions, 2 spoons of chicken broth and black bean sauce. Now, the cooking process! You should take the Ma Po Tofu out of the water, dry it and cut it into small pieces. Cut the spring onions and garlic into tiny pieces. Now heat oil in a pan, add chili paste and garlic pieces, and stir-fry the ingredients. You should not now add the grounded pork and stir until it is cooked well. Now, you should lower the flame and add the brown bean sauce to the pan. Add the small pieces of Ma Po Tofu and cook until it turn deep brown. Add chicken broth and water in small quantities and add the chopped spring onion to it. You will have to cook for about ten minutes to get the dish ready. Just before serving, sprinkle chili flakes on the dish and you will be able to enjoy the dish in its traditional flavor.