Tuesday 18 August - Ma Po Tofu

II had never heard of this, but it was requested by George who is a bit of a Tofu fan - it's basically a spicy pork mince stirfry, with cubes of tofu added at the end.

The recipe started in the same way as many stirfries do - ginger, garlic and spring onion were added to the wok.

Then in with some  lean pork mince and some roughly chopped fermented black beans

Once these were all fried together, some spicy chilli bean paste was added and cooked for a few minutes.

Then the cubed tofu - I had pressed this for a while to get rid of excess moisture to stop it falling apart.

Finally in went some cornflour and stock, flavoured with soy, sesame and some sugar

Garnished with spring onion, and served with lots and lots of steamed rice