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How to Make Lao Gan Ma Tofu Stir-Fry in 5 Minutes

I really enjoy making this dish because it’s easy to prepare, vegetarian/vegan and packed with flavor. Perfect when you want something lighter.
The time required to make this dish is really just in the initial prepping of the ingredients. Once you start, the cooking time is barely 5 minutes.
It uses a unique ingredient which is the Lao Gan Ma Chili Oil With Black Bean. This legendary sauce is just one of many made by Lao Gan Ma. She is probably most known for the Spicy Chili Crisp, which has a cult following amongst professional and home chefs.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Tbsp Oil
  • 14 Oz extra firm Tofu cut in small 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 Tbsp Lao Gan Ma Chili Oil With Black Bean
  • 1 Tbsp Shaoxing rice wine or dry Sherry
  • 3 Garlic cloves minced
  • Ginger Root 2 inch piece minced
  • 6-8 dried Chilis. Tien Tsin Facing Heaven or Er Jing Tao.
  • 1 Red Pepper cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • 3 Green onion cut in pieces
Sauce:
  • 2 heaping Tbsp Lao Gan Ma Chili Oil With Black Bean
  • 2 Tbsp Chinese light Soy Sauce
  • 1/4 cup Vegetable Broth
  • 1 tsp Chinese dark Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • Pinch Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Corn Starch

Equipment

  • Wok

Method
 

  1. Prep all of your ingredients before starting to cook.
  2. Add the Shaoxing wine and 1 Tbsp of LGM black bean paste to the cubed tofu to marinade. I’ve left it for up to an hour in the refrigerator and it imparts a nice flavor, but you can skip this step if you want a fast meal.
  3. Heat your wok to smoking hot and add your oil. Stir fry the dried chili until they blister, add the red peppers and green onions. Finally, add the garlic, and ginger.
  4. Once almost done, add tofu and then sauce mixture gently toss and allow to thicken.
  5. Serve with rice. I prefer brown Jasmine rice.
Note: All of these ingredients are easily available in your local Asian market. If you are new to cooking Chinese food, I’ve posted a comprehensive pantry list. With this stocked pantry, you can cook most any Chinese dish. Once you buy these items they will last for a long time, and will allow you make a variety of dishes.
    Additionally, if you want to make this without using the LGM black bean paste, this can easily be made with fermented black beans known as dow see.

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