Ready to bring the heat? Mapo tofu is a spicy Sichuan dish made with soft tofu, ground meat, and a fiery, numbing sauce full of chili oil and fermented bean paste. It’s bold, warming, and totally ...

Tasters agreed that it was good — as a spicy tofu dish, not mapo tofu. We missed the vibrant red sauce, the hard-to-replicate fermented bean flavor and the tender bite of the soft tofu.

There’s a dish that brings together fiery heat, creamy tofu, and savory pork into one irresistible bowl. Mapo Tofu wit ...

Loosen up the cornstarch slurry (which will have settled) and add a 1/3 of it to the wok, pouring into the liquid (not on top of the tofu), and stir. Add the avocado and cook for 2 minutes, then ...

Fusion cuisine often gets a bad rep, particularly when the mash-up terrifies rather than thrills one’s taste buds.Then there ...

Mission Chinese’s Mapo Tofu Serves 4 (or 6 as a part of a larger meal) Ingredients: Base 2 ounces dried whole shiitake mushrooms 3 cups very hot water 1/3 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup doubanjiang (spicy bean ...

The story goes like this. In the late 1800s, an old woman disfigured by smallpox opened a makeshift roadside stand on the outskirts of town. Most of her customers were poor transport workers.

Ingredients 1 lbs soft tofu, cubed 2 oz, ground meat (beef/pork) / optional 3 tbsp. olive oil 1 tsp. minced garlic 1 tbsp. hot bean sauce 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce cornstarch water Directions ...

I assumed mapo tofu would be difficult to make because the flavors are so complex. But it's a surprisingly simple dish to make with the right ingredients. The post How to Make Mapo Tofu at Home ...

Mapo Tofu or Mapo's Bean Curd, is wildly popular throughout China and originated at a restaurant in Chengdu. The tofu is served hot and soft, covered in a spicy Sichuan peppercorn hot sauce and ...