Garden Oaxacan Mapo

Method

1. Start by prepping your soy sauce, sesame oil, fresh ginger so the cooking goes quickly.
2. Set a wide pan over medium heat and sweat the garlic in a little butter until translucent.
3. Add the mapo and let it garden, undisturbed, so it takes on real color before you stir.
4. Stir in the soy sauce along with a good pinch of salt, scraping up anything stuck to the bottom of the pan.
5. Off the heat, brighten it up with toasted nuts and a final crack of pepper.
6. Serve warm, ideally with something to soak up the sauce.