📝 Ingredients
- 450 g soft tofu ( ,I am using Szechuan tender lushui tofu)
- 100 g minced meat-beef or pork
- 1/2 tbsp. sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 3 tbsp. cooking oil ( , divided)
- 1.5 tbsp. Doubanjiang ( ,roughly chopped)
- 1/2 tbsp. fermented black beans ( ,also known as dou-chi and fermented soya beans, roughly chopped)
- 1 tbsp. pepper flakes or powder ( ,optional)
- water or broth for braising ( ,I use 400ml this time)
- 1 tbsp. light soy sauce
- 1 tsp. sugar ( ,optional for reducing the spiciness)
- 2 scallion whites ( ,finely chopped)
- 4 garlic greens or scallion greens ( ,finely chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves ( ,finely chopped)
- 5 ginger slices ( ,finely minced (around 1 teaspoon))
- 1/2 tbsp. Sichuan pepper for making fresh ground powder
- 2 and 1/2 tablespoon water
- 1 tbsp. cornstarch
- steamed rice for serving