Ma Po Tofu

Saturday night - what to make for dinner?  Was about to defrost some prawns when I opened my fridge and realized I still have tofu that needed to be used up before it expired.  Hence I went to my usual simple tofu dish - ma po tofu.  This is probably one of the easiest dish I make with minimal ingredients that still tastes uber yummy :)

Ingredients:

medium tofu - the container with 2 blocks of tofu

sandwich ziploc bag of lean ground pork

soy sauce

sugar

cornstarch

3 cloves of garlic - crushed

olive oil

2 tbsp of chili bean sauce

1/4 cup water

chopped green onion (optional)

steamed rice

Marinate the ground pork with soy sauce, sugar and cornstarch. In a fry pan, cook the garlic. Add chili bean sauce and stir in ground pork. While pork is being cooked, cut the tofu into small cubes. Throw in the tofu into the fry pan, stir and add water. Cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for about 5 min.  Uncover the lid - if the sauce is too thin, add a cornstarch/water mixture to thicken it up.  Serve ma po tofu over a bowl of steamed rice.