Frankensteined Ma Po Tofu

My style of cooking, throw everything in and hope for the best. Someone called it Frankenstein cooking, I like that better. Tonight’s Ma Po Tofu wasn’t supposed to be Frankensteined, just turned out that way.

One of the dishes I trying to find an authentic recipe for. In the meantime, have to resort to depending on pre-made packaged sauce. Couldn’t find a package in the pantry.

Found this instead.

Hmm. Interesting

Bought it a couple of weeks ago out of curiosity. Give it a shot. Either The Cat is going to give me funny looks or paws up.

Browned the ground pork, a couple of spoons of the chili sauce, cubed tofu, and a little pre-cooked turnip cubes (just because). Not quite the same, something missing. A shake of shichimi togarashi and a pinch of ground Szechuan pepper and it was close enough to fool The  Cat. 🙂

Ma Po Tofu (Frankensteined)

So the lesson is always check the pantry or  think like Victor, or is it Angus. Hee hee.

Enjoy. Eat well.

The Mouse

 

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