Make Mapo Tofu, A Spicy Sichuan Dish

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3 жыл бұрын

Chef Brandon Jew of Mister Jiu's makes Silken Doufu with Rib-Eye Cap Mapo, aka Mapo Tofu. He gently steams silky tofu and drapes it in a saucy mixture of caramelized steak and chili paste for an addictive and mouth-numbing Sichuan dish. Check out the recipe here: www.vice.com/en/article/m7ay9...
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@georgewbushcenterforintell147 3 жыл бұрын

I learned this from Taiwanese restaurant owner . my preference is to cube the tofu and deep fry it golden brown crispy with a soft inside . the mapo sauce soaks in to the side of the tofu . now u have a crunchy texture instead of all soft

@raykuang2889 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle use to manage Four Seas before it closed around the early 2010s and then eventually turned into Mister Jiu’s. So many family gatherings there, but wow, this is the first time seeing the insides of this place since then. I gotta check you guys out, Keep it up!

@GilbertLew 3 жыл бұрын

I probably know your uncle then. Our family ate at Four Seas so often.

@raykuang2889 3 жыл бұрын

@@GilbertLew oh for sure, thanks for the reply! Yeah, he’s really outgoing and He definitely would have recognized your family 👍 he was the guy in a lot of those pictures on the wall haha

@BuzzLiteBeer 3 жыл бұрын

This is a really different take on the dish and I'm all for it. The lack of Sichuan pepper corns and doubanjian in the initial fry makes the "Sichuan" label a bit of stretch though. Just call it Jiu's Mapo Tofu.

@nikopic 3 жыл бұрын

In the chef's defence, he described it as their own take on it. It's just Munchies that called it Sichuan in their title.

@raykuang2889 3 жыл бұрын

He did sprinkle some ground Sichuan peppercorns at the end though. I’d imagine in the actual dish, they would have added it in during the making of the sauce though

@bubblebabebea4549 3 жыл бұрын

Just Jiu's Tofu. "Mapo" means "Numbing Grandma", so if there ain't no Szechuan pepper in it, it ain't Mapo Tofu. The beef gravy he made looks real delish tho. 🍚

@heheneji 3 жыл бұрын

@@bubblebabebea4549 didnt he sprinkle szechuan peppercorn tho?

@camargue92 3 жыл бұрын

@@raykuang2889 the sichuan way is to sprinkle at the end as well, the numbing flavour becomes milder as it's cooked so you add at the end

@tlacuache4448 3 жыл бұрын

The only time I’ve had mapo tofu, it was from my go-to spot near my home. The sauce had peas instead of beef lol but it was spicy and the tofu was silken. They played well together but I had never had silken tofu before so I was surprised by how different it was than my regular tofu order.

@jacqueline1769 3 жыл бұрын

this is my favorite chinese dish and this version looks absolutely delicious

@KoiiiKoiii 3 жыл бұрын

6:06 just needs some rice now 😂

@Pinselspitze 3 жыл бұрын

just cooked this recipe. so easy to make at home! thx mr Jiu

@alexreevecooking1316 3 жыл бұрын

I have to make this! it looks so hearty and delicious

@annaopuszanska1348 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video ❣️👍

@ToniToniKitchen 3 жыл бұрын

The ribeye Tofu dish looks super delicious. Your book will be a Best seller. 💙👌

@chintanasuthichai1247 3 жыл бұрын

Thank.youverymuch i love mapo tofu the way. U.Make is soft.Silken

@iraAlbucher 3 жыл бұрын

That looks awesome ! I hope I can make something close to what you made. Next time in SF we are coming for lunch!

@chino9967 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a big fan of mapo tofu .I really wanna try it looks so delicious !

@shlomovenezia101 3 жыл бұрын

INCREDIBLE!!!

@evankun27 3 жыл бұрын

finally, a mapo tofu that I can eat! I've been wanting to eat this dish for so long now, but it's rare to find the halal one, or at least one that don't have any pork and lard.

@danielazran3216 3 жыл бұрын

Love those recipes that include ingredients I always have around!

@italogabrieleborrelli5839 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if you're saying this is one of them but my advise real quick if you're making your own tofu (to anyone reading this) is you can't just use any soy milk. Most commercial soy milk sold as a milk substitute doesn't actually have enough protein and fat to coagulate sufficiently. You're best off making your own soy milk at home or finding some that is intended for tofu use as the one he has is.

@poltronafrau 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I finally found a use for The bag of gypsum I have laying around from Tiling my bathroom

@danielazran3216 3 жыл бұрын

@@maniswolftoman Hey, I'm just joking yeah? I also really liked the video. Cool stuff :)

@medeamaterial 3 жыл бұрын

can't wait to try this!

@sundawg911 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! Looks so good. I wish I could try it!

@Meepmeep888 3 жыл бұрын

Brand Jew is such a chiller. Repping Asian Americans so well

@kennytieshisshoes 3 жыл бұрын

Man that sounds good!

@lS-qp6zq 3 жыл бұрын

YUUUUUMMMY! tnx 4 the diy tofu.

@mikal5693 3 жыл бұрын

I was not expecting to learn to make tofu but I’m here for it

@mon6745 3 жыл бұрын

So good

@jellosapiens7261 3 жыл бұрын

Rib eye cap? In mapo tofu? Damn, that's higher-quality meat than I would expect

@svfrey7 3 жыл бұрын

It's a gigantic fucking waste of meat. Mapo Tofu uses the beef mostly for texture and not really flavor, so essentially this dude just used THE MOST EXPENSIVE CUT OF BEEF for a dish that no one would even recognize it in. Unbelievable, absolutely shameful.

@l7le 3 жыл бұрын

How else can he charge an arm and a leg for peasant food?

@suspiciousneighbor4799 3 жыл бұрын

@@svfrey7 u mad? :tf:

@michaelellison204 3 жыл бұрын

@@svfrey7 Chill. Nobody cares.

@YizzERR 3 жыл бұрын

@@svfrey7 It's called art.

@sainsrikar 3 жыл бұрын

The salsa background music is good

@CarpeDiem-ii5fu 3 жыл бұрын

This looks so goood!!

@TypicallyUniqueOfficial 3 жыл бұрын

This looks divine

@atharvakulkarni1892 3 жыл бұрын

My local priest had this to say: "Rejoice, young man. Your wish too, shall come true."

@dovahkindragonborn9827 3 жыл бұрын

not traditional, but it looks amazing i might have to try to make my own silken tofu and do this

@zeebzorb6785 3 жыл бұрын

LOOKS GOOD BROI

@HakWilliams 2 жыл бұрын

Dude! That's next level mapo!

@akiblue 3 жыл бұрын

Gypsum, Calcium sulphate? Also known as plaster of Paris? I have a 25 kg bag in my shed I use to break up clay soil in my yard. Now I can make 25000 gallons of silken tofu! In all seriousness, this dish looks like everything I crave when I go to a good Chinese restaurant.

@tatjanaasmr1950 3 жыл бұрын

Omg i need this Book 😱 where can i buy it? ☺️

@diveanddine 3 жыл бұрын

looks bomb

@jonahgoldstein5811 3 жыл бұрын

Looks killer!

@e.priest8937 3 жыл бұрын

Damn.. love that

@7dayofficial130 3 жыл бұрын

delicious😋

@AdamPearceMedia 2 жыл бұрын

this looks sooo f'ing good

@seancoyne3261 3 жыл бұрын

One must have the numbing pepper. It’s like Saffron to Paella. Many versions can work but there is always 1 element that makes a great dish.

@peterfdavidsonify 2 жыл бұрын

He literally sprinkled Szechuan pepper corn over the top to finish the dish...

@YizzERR 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing more refreshing than a competent, humble chef. Word up

@LeakenaDoll 3 жыл бұрын

And with a side of white rice 👌🏼

@teemondy 3 жыл бұрын

Lol if I don’t have beef fat chili oil… of course I don’t.

@tugger 3 жыл бұрын

You don't need either. Get yourself some toban djan. Real people don't prepare mapo tofu this way, it's a misleading bogus recipe

@spotteddogmemphis 3 жыл бұрын

Y’all need Wang Gang to break this down since he’s from Sichuan.

@pgrevstad 3 жыл бұрын

K, gypsum is used under plaster. WTH?

@isaiahriderbalais5803 2 жыл бұрын

anyone who knows what’s the ratio of soy milk and calcium sulfate?

@DubbleStepRecords 3 жыл бұрын

I fucking love mabu dofu

@rooh-ante-inferno1276 3 жыл бұрын

I miss this dish.

@KRayxKodessA 3 жыл бұрын

This looks really interesting... could be tofu gateway

@lukemclellan2141 3 жыл бұрын

That's a good point and I believe that this dish is the best way to introduce tofu to anyone who's apprehensive about it.

@lovecinnamonxx 3 жыл бұрын

Lemme tell you, this stuff is fucking addictive, one of the best dishes ever. I think I'll actually have to make it again soon after watching this 😄

@user-up3tv2ei7g Жыл бұрын

I could eat this for the rest of my life

@ageeksadventureswoohoo9213 3 жыл бұрын

Love mapo tofu!!!!!!! 😎😎😎😎😎😎

@stevekim7587 3 жыл бұрын

Genius

@chenuriyuthararajapakse2639 2 жыл бұрын

I don't even have the first two ingredients... Or tofu It's 3.29am and I'm hungry

@Cook_with_adi 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen this in food wars....mapo tofu with mala sauce 😋

@bakakura7818 3 жыл бұрын

ahh a person of culture..

@firstnamelastname6148 3 жыл бұрын

Ayam penyet

@khdailylife5423 3 жыл бұрын

I feeling to eat

@yukuhana 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, all my life I've eaten in the restaurants, home made from my Mom, and even my own creation, but I've never seen ma pao tofu made this way! Strangely foreign to me and I'm confused. But this is by a chef in Chinatown?!

@kokopellicrazy 3 жыл бұрын

His restaurant in Chinatown is $$$$ and has Michelin stars, so it's a very upscale take on mapo tofu.

@feastmode7931 3 жыл бұрын

consider it "deconstructed" mapo. i don't think it's all bad "fusion" bc the ingredients honor the original flavor profile. but i am curious about how much lighter the dish must taste with that super-silk tofu and a sauce layered on top, not mixed in.

@caimaccoinnich9594 3 жыл бұрын

This is very non traditional even if he's from Chinatown. Nothing wrong with it, just saying. Btw, it's Mapo 麻婆 in Mandarin, is it Mapao in Canto?

@AnosmicGio 3 жыл бұрын

FOOD WARS !!!

@KLVN.C 3 жыл бұрын

I could eat 10 bowls of rice with just the sauce itself

@Grandmaster-Kush 3 жыл бұрын

AngelBeats! :)

@Babbngt0n 3 жыл бұрын

The first anime I ever saw as a kid. Lol shit made me cry lmao

@sonofaquack6987 3 жыл бұрын

@robzsarmy5471 3 жыл бұрын

Fate stay night

@NAlter1 2 жыл бұрын

Yorokobe Shounen

@hassovonfritzeflink9148 Жыл бұрын

Maybe it is the fault auf some colleague of Jamie Lee Curtis (not from taxes dept, but from immigration) who didn‘t know how to correctly transcribe from Chinese to English, should be Yeow or something!? Nevertheless, taking something, giving it a personal twist into the „better than before“ direction ist the way to progress. 3 thumbs up for this style of Mapo Tofu.

@williamwestmoreland4069 2 жыл бұрын

Angel's favorite 🥘

@JackMarshallEatsFood 3 жыл бұрын

The intro says "Mapo Doufu."

@erdem8876 3 жыл бұрын

why some of your videos aren't available in Turkey?

@broccool2300 3 жыл бұрын

Just replace the beef with turkey and you are in.

@erdem8876 3 жыл бұрын

@@broccool2300 cool joke

@broccool2300 3 жыл бұрын

@@erdem8876 The real answer is because some countries practice protectionism where they block what they regard as offensive or dangerous for whatever reason. Lots of countries do this. Because this is a food channel maybe they regard pork as offensive.

@erdem8876 3 жыл бұрын

@@broccool2300 im not muslim -_-

@broccool2300 3 жыл бұрын

@@erdem8876 But Islam is the dominant religion in Turkey and the people who make decisions are basing it off of their religious beliefs.

@AidanTheLoverBoyOhDwyer 3 жыл бұрын

can we use agar as the substitute coagulant instead bruh

@justhuyen 3 жыл бұрын

You can do that, but the texture will not be the same as this method and you should follow the instruction on the agar package.

@silverfoxxflame 3 жыл бұрын

I would not recommend it. If you can't get the proper coagulant id just buy a store bought tofu

@justhuyen 3 жыл бұрын

Actually you can also do tofu with vinegar. It will be a different method from the one from video, but the quality will be better than agar.

@gamezeek2746 3 жыл бұрын

I saw kuga senpai make it😁

@sagucciesanatoro758 3 жыл бұрын

Asian angry joe, this look good Will try it when I get the chance.

@MrRickshaw 3 жыл бұрын

Will this work with store bought soy milk?

@kailuo4171 3 жыл бұрын

I think 'freckles' probably translates better than 'Acne or irration' for mapo

@daycart 3 жыл бұрын

I see this dish contains minerals!

@Bob-em6kn 3 жыл бұрын

I thought the toufu was supposed to be cooked with the chilli? Idk maybe just different style. Love it thou

@tugger 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah his whole "steam it to open the pores" is the most asinine shit I've ever heard. You're supposed to let it stew for a bit. The gall of claiming "this is a comfort food like chili" to make this abomination is really a giant middle finger to working class food. It's like culinary gentrification

@fourtii8707 3 жыл бұрын

@@tugger it's amazing how many ppl in the west know so much about traditional Chinese cooking, sir u r an expert foodie👍

@tugger 3 жыл бұрын

@@fourtii8707 from learning it from chinese cooks who don't bullshit us with their michlelin gentrification recipes

@feastmode7931 3 жыл бұрын

@@tugger -- the *original* is definitely supposed to stew, and i'm sure Jiu knows that. but i think this dish would convey a much lighter texture and initial flavor because the silken tofu is layered underneath an intense sauce. it's like a deconstruction. a lot of chefs do it with their favorite dishes. and sometimes it's dumb rich-ppl BS but idk, this isn't mapo with caviar and gold. it's just the invention of a curious cook.

@VaatiOfDarkness 3 жыл бұрын

Yorokobe shounen. Kimi no negai wa youyaku kenau.

@l3K8 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like dan dan noodles sauce

@Avarice0918 3 жыл бұрын

Yorokobe shounen-!

@daveray6195 3 жыл бұрын

Yorokobe shounen.

@sergiodma 2 жыл бұрын

His beard is impressive (for an Asian guy).

@DiantiRose 3 жыл бұрын

It would be better if you add some coriander👍

@yohra8457 3 жыл бұрын

Yorokobe, Shounen.

@apersonwhoseesvids 3 жыл бұрын

I'd pay $18 for that

@oltorf520 3 жыл бұрын

so much beef fat. blessed be

@bbqseitan7106 3 жыл бұрын

This can be a great vegan bodybuilding meal Low calorie, high protein, flavorful Just sub the meat out for an alternative, make the sauce and we good

@jackwu8832 3 жыл бұрын

Dude has the cookbook laying on the table 6:06. What a scrub

@lex350us 3 жыл бұрын

This is weird way to make Mapo Tofu

@GrumpyQian 3 жыл бұрын

This looks nothing like authentic mapo tofu though

@KCMasterpiece 3 жыл бұрын

Dude's using ribeye cap for this dish. Damn.

@wolfingitdown2047 3 жыл бұрын

Well don’t mind if I do 👹

@Smashtacular01 3 жыл бұрын

An American making Chinese food set to Spanish/Latin music. Love it. Love everything about it.

@Kitsune015 3 жыл бұрын

YOROKOBE!

@yuyuaru 3 жыл бұрын

shonen

@VVVVVVV707 3 жыл бұрын

the overly loud Spanish music isn't annoying at all.

@antidecepticon 3 жыл бұрын

uh oh Hot Dog!

@taiyipan3138 3 жыл бұрын

Chef's new take on the dish. Not Sichuan version of Mapo Tofu.

@Sheepy007 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe I am the asshole here, but if you do a "take" on a dish that is completely different, it's not that dish anymore and should be renamed. Because while looking good, that's not Mapo Tofu

@goat666db 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tugger 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@donnabotelho2195 Жыл бұрын

U should have used soft tofu, it would have been easier to understand what u did

@joek6820 3 жыл бұрын

Kuga would be proud

@Raisinbran64 3 жыл бұрын

Here from food wars

@literally_not_kevin 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao they spelled his name Brandon Jew in the community post and captions, no respect

@jonathanwarriner7645 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else notice he had a cookbook out to the recipe he was cooking?

@Pabosss 3 жыл бұрын

I love the music !! if only it was a tiny bit louder so we can’t here the guy at all

@MCPeeBoy 3 жыл бұрын

I can't help myself but think of it as what American Chinese people think Mapo Tofu is. Nobody is going to get silken tofu and have it be in the bowl. They will use semi firm and cut it to cubes and mix it with the sauce in wok. Also the meat is kinda expensive. Surely is taste amazing but it has been a bit americanised.

@momentoHermano 3 жыл бұрын

It's clearly his take on the dish.

@impulsethoughts3683 3 жыл бұрын

It's specifically this chef's take on mapo tofu. The standard American Chinese version of mapo tofu is also very different from the original Sichuan version and not like Chef Jiu's version, but resembles more like the Guangdong/Hong Kong region's take on mapo tofu.