Thank You Mr. Kawahara - Mapo Dofu

INGREDIENTS
  • One leek
  • 500gm or 2 small packs tofu (the green one from the Korean shop was nice)
  • 4-5 spoons of Chinese, spicy bean paste
  • One teaspoon of Szechuan pepper 
  • One small hand of diced mustard greens
  • 4 spoons soy sauce
  • 2 spoons sake
  • 2 spoons mirin
  • 4 spoons grated ginger
  • Half a pack dashi
  • 1-2 cups hot water 
  • 500gm pork mince

THE WORK
  • Heat pan and vegetable oil, add garlic, leek and grated ginger.  
  • Fry until fragrant
  • Add pork and fry pork until crumbly 
  • mix bean paste, soy sauce, sake, mirin, dashi, hot water and pour over the mix 
  • add mustard greens and Szechuan pepper and tofu (careful not to overmix and break up the tofu) 
  • dust everything with one soupspoon of flour: let broil to thicken mix
    serve with Japanese style cooked white rice