Ma Po Tofu is a traditional Chinese recipe usually made with ground pork. This delicious, healthy version uses ground turkey to cut saturated fat and calories and adds mushrooms for extra veggies. Serve with brown rice and make it extra special with a drizzle of sesame oil just before serving.

Turkey Ma Po Tofu

chile-garlic sauce (see Tips)

black bean-garlic sauce (see Tips)

Chinese rice wine

soy sauce

water

canola oil

turkey

cremini mushrooms, sliced

scallions, thinly sliced

ginger

cornstarch

Whisk chile-garlic sauce, black bean sauce, rice wine (or sherry), soy sauce and 1 1/4 cups water in a small bowl.


Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add turkey and mushrooms and cook, stirring and breaking up the turkey, until it is no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Add scallions and ginger and cook, stirring, for 1 minute more.


Add the reserved sauce; bring to a boil. Stir in tofu and cook until hot, about 2 minutes. Combine cornstarch with the remaining 2 tablespoons water and add to the pan. Simmer until the sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes.


Really great! Cooked up quickly and was delicious! Great new way for me and my family to enjoy tofu in this rich sauce. A hit!

One of my new favorites! This is one of my new favorite recipes from Eating Well. I did add an extra tablespoon of sriracha because we are spice lovers and half an extra tablespoon of black bean sauce. The soft tofu worked perfectly and was a great addition of flavor and texture. We also each added a little extra soy sauce to taste after serving. Served over brown rice. We will definitely be making this again. Pros: easy unique healthy flavorful Cons: specific ingredients you may not have on hand

Great flavor and easy to make! So much flavor! My family of 4 loved it -- my daughter picked-out the tofu but enjoyed the turkey (so I know she still got some protein). We're making this again and again and again!

This is a wonderful quick recipe! If you want to make it slightly healthier you can swap out the corn starch with Arrowroot powder at the same ratio. The flavor is great without being too spicy! I've made this quite a few times now and it's been my go-to when I don't know what I want to cook

Flavorful and easy My whole family loved this. I left out the tofu and added carrots. It has a nice flavor and gives me a reason to use the black bean paste that we don't have many recipes for.

If you really want to make this more authentic & if you enjoy cooking authentic Szechuan cuisine get yourself some Szechuan peppercorns & add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of them (or to taste) - crushed/ground. Wonderful stuff!!!

quick good combination of flavors. I served it over rice. Pros: This is quick and delicious but next time I make it I will use firm or extra-firm tofu. Cons: soft tofu is too mushy. It needs something green as garnish--a very dun-colored dish otherwise!

One of my new favorites! This is one of my new favorite recipes from Eating Well. I did add an extra tablespoon of sriracha because we are spice lovers and half an extra tablespoon of black bean sauce. The soft tofu worked perfectly and was a great addition of flavor and texture. We also each added a little extra soy sauce to taste after serving. Served over brown rice. We will definitely be making this again. Pros: easy unique healthy flavorful

turkey ma po tofu

Total: 30 minutes

Author : EatingWell Test Kitchen

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