Craving Noodles

Tonight I had a craving for some dry noodles. When I came home from work, I decided to rummage through my fridge to see what I had. I happen to find some ground pork, spring onions, and some soft tofu. It was the perfect combination for Ma Pao tofu. Ma Pao tofu is a stir fried tofu dish with brown gravy that was created by a grandmother ( Ma)-- her surname. It's a delicious and light dish to enjoy either with rice or noodles. I decided to make mine with noodles instead. Other quick ways to make this dish is by purchasing pre-packaged Ma Pao tofu sauce. It's available in most Asian supermarkets. Since I didn't pick up the sauce to make this dish in advance, I decided to make my own instead. It's fairly simple.

Ingredients

-1 box of soft tofu
-ground pork (tennis ball size--sorry, I don't have the exact measurement)
-1 teaspoon of Oyster Sauce
-1 tablespoon of soy sauce
-3-4 cloves of chopped garlic
-1 teaspoon of sugar
-1 cup of water
-1 spring onion (for garnish)

Method:

Stir fry the ground pork in a wok, add some oil if needed. (If the pork is fatty, omit cooking oil). Cook it until it is medium well. Then remove the ground pork from the wok and set aside so the fat may drain. Add chopped garlic into the wok and continue to stir fry until it becomes medium brown. Once the garlic is ready, combine the pork in the same wok and add the teaspoon of oyster sauce to the mix. Cook the mixture for another 1-2 minutes. Next cut up the tofu into small cubes and toss it into the wok with the pork. Then combine soy sauce and sugar into the tofu and pork stir fry. Cook it for another 1-2 minutes and then slowly add water. Continue to cook until it comes to a boil. Let it simmer as the tofu will slowly soak up the gravy. For a thicker gravy, you can add 1 tsp of cornstarch and water to the mix. However, I kept it as is: which is just as great. Pour this sauce over noodles and enjoy. I decided to use Ramen. Any type of noodles will do. It's really up to you. All in all, DH and I both enjoyed our Ma Pao tofu noodles tonight. Stay tuned for the pictures.