Discover the Story Behind Mapo Tofu by Marc Matsumoto on Oct 12, 2011 Uncover the origin of this popular and spicy Chinese dish. Have your ingredients ready before you begin - stir fry cooks fast.

Easy Mapo Tofu Mapo tofu is one of my favorite tofu dishes tossed with spicy, savory sauce and shiitake mushrooms and served over rice. This classic Chinese recipe is a main dish that will become ...

Custardy soft tofu drenched in a pork and peppercorn sauce. So I dove in for a second bite. Then a third. Finally, the heat started to catch up. But it wasn't aggressive. I wanted to keep eating more.

Maybe you’ve tried mapo tofu, but Westernized versions of the tofu/beef/fermented bean paste dish are usually way less spicy than their traditional counterpart, which is laden with chile oil and ...

Mapo tofu Special shrimp with fries Toothpick lamb with cumin Beef with crispy rice crust Pork belly with bamboo shoots Stewed spareribs with chitlins in casserole Kung pao chicken Sauteed ...

Originally from the San Francisco East Bay, Kendra has worked in food media (Epicurious, Eater, Food52) and test kitchens (Blue Apron) across New York City since 2014, as a writer, recipe ...

Instead of more precise renditions of the classics, Liu is hoping to push beyond preconceived notions of Chinese cuisine with 19 Town. Here, the mapo tofu comes laced with cheese while the oxtail ...

One of L.A.’s most exciting new Chinese restaurants lands in Mandarin Plaza Firstborn’s steak tartare made with the flavors of mapo tofu.

Monday mornings are tough, but this series isn't. Social Sightings is a quick taste of recent food tidbits that goes down as easy as your first cup of coffee, and should whet your appetite for the ...