Slow Cooked Vegan Mapo Tofu

By: Instant Pot Culinary Team

Slow Cooked Vegan Mapo Tofu
cuisine icon Cuisine
Modern
cuisine icon Course
Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Side Dish
cuisine icon Difficulty
Easy
cuisine icon Duration
more than 2 hours
cuisine icon Diet
Plant-Based, Vegan, Vegetarian
cuisine icon Cooking Technique
Sauté, Slow Cook
cuisine icon Keywords
4-6 servings, black bean garlic sauce, brown sugar, canola oil, carrots, chili flakes, cook 3 hour, corn starch, dinner, dry shitake mushrooms, easy, fresh ginger, garlic cloves, Instant Pot Culinary Team, lunch, main course, modern, more than 2 hours, peas, plant-based, prep 15 min, red curry paste, rice vinegar, sauté, sesame oil, side dish, slow cook, slow cook recipes, soy sauce, tofu, tomato paste, vegan, vegan recipes, vegetable stock, vegetarian

prep icon Prep Time
15 min
cook icon Cook Time
3 hour

serving icon Servings
4-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 14 oz tofu
  • 8 Dry Shitake Mushrooms
  • 1/2 cup carrots
  • 1/2 cup peas
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 1 1/2 tsp fresh ginger
  • 2 tbsp Black Bean Garlic Sauce
  • 2 tsp red curry paste
  • 1/4 cup tomato paste
  • 1/2 tsp chili flakes
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
  • 1 1/2 tbsp corn starch
  • sesame oil
Instructions
  • Take frozen peas out of the freezer and set side.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk tomato paste, red curry paste, black bean garlic sauce, rice vinegar, chili flakes, soy sauce, brown sugar, and vegetable stock together to form a sauce.
  • Add tofu to the bowl and gently mix with the sauce.
  • Select SAUTE- MEDIUM, set the time to 10 minutes. Press START.
  • Add oil into the pot.
  • When the oil starts to sizzle, Sauté garlic, ginger, mushrooms, and carrots for 3 minutes until fragrant and carrots are softer.
  • Press CANCEL.
  • Add tofu-sauce mixture slowly in the pot.
  • Close the lid.
  • Select LOW COOK-HIGH and set the time to 3 hours. Press START. Make sure pressure release is on VENT.
  • Mix cornstarch with 2 tbsp of cold water.
  • After 2 hours, add peas and cornstarch.
  • Drizzle sesame oil on top before serving.
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