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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Japanese >> Japanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Wrap tofu w/ thick paper towel, let sit for 20 minutes to dry. | 2. Chop finely both garlic and ginger. | 3. Cut garlic chives into 1/2 inch pieces. | 4. Dissolve chicken stock in the hot water. | 5. Dissolve potato starch in water. | 6. Cut tofu horizontally into 2 pieces; then cut block into 3/4" cubes. | 7. Heat up your cooking pan, pour in sesame oil. | 8. Add pork and brown at high heat thoroughly. | 9. Add chopped garlic and ginger, reduce heat to medium. | 10. Push aside the cooking garlic and add the chili bean paste and sweet bean sauce to cleared area of pan; fry sauces at low heat and mix together, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Mix condiments and pork together; stir fry until evenly browned. | 11. Add sake, stirring until moisture is gone. | 12. Add chicken stock, soy sauce and sake to the pan, stirring lightly. | 13. Carefully add tofu blocks to pan, gently spread blocks in pan; let boil in high heat, then reduce to medium low and let simmer for 2-3 minutes, allowing tofu to soak in flavors of the sauce. | 14. Add garlic chives, mixing gently to prevent tofu blocks from breaking. | 15. Mix potato starch and water thoroughly before slowly adding it to the pan. | 16. Gently mix by sliding spatula on pan away from you. | 17. Heat on high heat for 30 seconds, then remove from heat and serve on top of rice. | 18. Optional: sprinkle on sichuan pepper for added flavor and heat! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
chicken stock	1/2	teaspoon	granulated	0.9	0.0882	0.063	0.03
hot water	150	ml		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
soy sauce	1	tablespoon		8.48	0.7888	1.3024	0.0912
sake	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
tofu	350		firm	14288.1442	275.8406	1713.5851	865.2265
garlic chive	30	g		26.7	0.0	5.94	0.15
pepper	1	pinch		0.3608	0.0919	0.0149	0.0047
rice	1	cup	steamed	678.95	141.0625	13.949000000000002	5.92
sesame oil	1	tablespoon		120.22399999999999	0.0	0.0	13.6
pork	100	g	ground	376.0	0.0	13.91	35.07
garlic	1	tablespoon	chopped	12.665	2.8101	0.5406	0.0425
ginger	1	tablespoon	chopped	4.8	1.0662	0.1092	0.045
chili bean paste	1/2	tablespoon		26.7	0.0	5.94	0.15
bean sauce	1	tablespoon	sweet	26.7	0.0	5.94	0.15
sake	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
potato starch	2	teaspoons		26.7	0.0	5.94	0.15
water	1 1/3	1/3		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.