Tofu with Minced Meat 肉酱豆腐
Braised Tofu with Minced Meat … Fave home-cooked food
This is one of my family’s favourite dishes and I have cooked it for many years but never got tired of it. This dish is really good with a bowl of warm fluffy white rice, and we often fought over the savoury gravy. Such humble home-cooked food (家常菜) is the reason why I like to cook, because it taste so homely and you can’t really order this type of food outside, well at least not so commonly. Sometimes I also add mushrooms to it, making it a more balanced dish if I don’t have time to whip up another side dish of vegetables. I call this dish the localized version of the popular Sichuan dish, Mapo Tofu. If you like Mapo Tofu, be sure to check the recipe here.
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This is my type of home cooked food ;-)) Yummy!
I cook the similar dish too, with Japanese tofu.
Looks really good not to mention how healthy tofu is!
This is home-cooked food at its best – economical, tasty, and time-saving :) I LIKE! another idea for weekday evenings.
minced meat with sichuan veg (those small pkts) also very nice. try it!
I tried sichuan veg with sliced pork but not with minced meat before. But sounds good!
Since i have started using the salted soy beans paste, I can’t get enough of it!! the best is that I am finding more uses. I cooked it with ribs, then with fish, I did a chicken stew with it..and now! fresh new idea on tofu and pork mince!! thanks!
Your taucheo and fermented black beans low on stock! hahahah!
A lot of 家常菜 are not common outside. That is also why I enjoy simple home-cooked food. Just so good.
Hi, this looks sooo good! It looks somewhat like Ma Po Tofu? Does it taste anything like it? Cheers!
It’s not Ma Po tofu but it’s quite similar, I will call this the home-style version. MP Tofu has sichuan peppercorn which gives it the “Ma” (numbing sensation)… I will try it next time and post if I am successful :)
check out my newly posted Mapo Tofu recipe :) http://www.noobcook.com/mapo-tofu
Hmm … another homely dish. Nice to go with either porridge or rice.
Delicious! Goes so well with rice and is one of my favorite home cook meals.
One of my favorites too :D
This is so yummy! Believe it or not, I had this for dinner!! ;)
Oh tried this, was v gd. Tks for sharing. More recipes using fermented black beans, coz I’ve a big bottle of it now. :)
Hi Ashlee, thanks for trying the recipe, glad you liked it. I use them for 苦瓜炒蛋 too http://www.noobcook.com/bittergourd-with-egg-fermented-black-beans-and-wolfberries/
Will showcase more recipes using this ingredient in future :)
Oh, this dish makes me miss home. I wish I can easily get tofu here. Just this dish wth rice and I am all smiles throughout the day :D
wow..I’ve always been afraid to those things in a jar (even though my family has a bunch of them at home).
my roommate in university used to make something simpler.. i.e. just minced meat, and (soft) tofu (although he always loved to add in a little bit of ginger) ..and it was very tasty. I haven’t made that in a while, and I totally look forward to trying your recipe, it’s like a new spin on a favourite for me… :)
Just wanted to give a follow up on my last comment :D I made this ytd..
omg
it was goodddd. I couldn’t help myself from testing it out while cooking.
Finding the jars of those beans took me surprisingly long though… at T&T Super market, apparently I was in the wrong aisle, that had jars w/ bean curds, and bean pastes in it, but not the actual soy beans. Turns out it was in the aisle named Chinese sauces or something…should’ve figured! And those things were hiding near the bottom of the shelf!! They weren’t very expense though. The most expensive item for me was the seasame oil which is fine, since my family ran out on the last jar, and I want to be able to add it to more foods. It has a great aroma, although I didn’t like it as a kid,
I think I went overboard w/ those black beans cuz it smelled so good… I must’ve added double the amount and the taste is STRONG, I’ll go easy on it next time! But I am going to check out the other recipes now, hopefully I can use up the rest of the ingredients or cook again with Tofu sometime. THANKS!! <3
Hi Mary, thanks for your kind words, appreciate it. I have a new recipe for Mapo Tofu which also uses black fermented bean, check it out :) http://www.noobcook.com/mapo-tofu
can i get these bottles of beans from NTUC? if not, where?
sorry for the late reply. NTUC, yes.
Hi,
May I know how to prepare corn starch? Where can I get it?
Hi, if you are in Singapore, you can find it readily at supermarkets and grocery stores.
Hi.
Just checked on net & it mentioned room temperature water mix with corn flour to get corn starch?
Is this correct?
yes mix the water with cornflour to get cornflour solution.
Hi Wiffy…
Love your blog and glad to find this blog for my basic to start home cook…
Want to ask you for this recipe Tofu with Minced Meat…can I replace the minced pork to minced chicken? I don’t know what is the taste like…need some advice….
P/S: I’ve tried your Coca Cola Chicken Wings and I posted in my FB(I change it to drumstick)…and what I can said….its AWESOME….95% successfully…my boyfriend ask me to cook more often…. :)
Hi Eldy, thanks! The recipe will work with chicken as well.
Hi wiffy,
Can I dun use the black bean?
Will it taste weird without the black bean?
Hi, yup can omit, will not taste weird.