House Chinese Mabo Tofu Sauce Hot 150g is the hot (辛口) grade of House's mabo tofu sauce — a finished sauce base that turns a block of tofu and a little minced meat into the dish. House describes it as rich, smooth and spicy, and the heat is built the way the dish is built in a Chinese kitchen: doubanjiang (fermented broad-bean and chilli paste) for depth, red and black pepper for the bite, then sesame oil and sesame paste rounding it into something nutty rather than merely sharp. Garlic, ginger, spring onion and tomato paste fill out the base. One 150g box makes 4 servings.
About House Foods
House Foods (ハウス食品) began in Osaka in 1913 as Urakami Shoten (浦上商店); the present group company was established in 2013 and works from dual head offices in Tokyo and Osaka. Its ranges include the Vermont, Java and Kokumaro curry roux lines, the X-Blend curry range, and the Curry-ya (咖喱屋) retort pouches.
What mabo tofu is
Mabo tofu (麻婆豆腐, also written "mapo tofu") is a Sichuan dish of soft tofu and minced meat in a spicy, savoury sauce built on fermented broad-bean chilli paste. It travelled into Japan through Japanese-Chinese cooking and became a standard weeknight dish there — generally rounder and less numbing than the Sichuan original, which is the style this sauce is made in.
How to make mabo tofu — House's directions
For 4 servings House gives: 1 box of Chinese Mabo Tofu Sauce, 1 block of tofu (14oz / 396g), 2oz (56g) of minced beef, pork or chicken, and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Heat the oil in a skillet or wok over medium heat and brown the meat; add the sauce and simmer; then gently stir in the cubed tofu and simmer again.
Ingredients
Water, garlic, tomato paste, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, sugar, ginger, spring onion, spices (red pepper, black pepper), soybean paste (soybean, rice, salt, water), salt, cornstarch, sesame paste, mirin (rice, water, alcohol, enzyme), doubanjiang (red pepper, salt, sugar, fermented seasoning, sake, water, fava bean, corn syrup), autolyzed yeast extract, distilled vinegar, xanthan gum, caramel colour, artificial flavours, paprika colour.
Allergens
Contains: soy, sesame — as declared by House Foods.
Nutrition (per serving — 1/4 of the box, 38 g; 4 servings per box)
Energy 35 calories · Total Fat 1.5 g · Saturated Fat 0 g · Trans Fat 0 g · Cholesterol 0 mg · Sodium 480 mg · Total Carbohydrate 4 g · Dietary Fibre 0 g · Total Sugars 2 g (including 2 g added sugars) · Protein 1 g · Vitamin D 0 mcg · Calcium 0 mg · Iron 0 mg · Potassium 0 mg.
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Japanese-style Sichuan mabo tofu sauce · 麻婆豆腐の素 辛口 · House Foods range.
