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 a family favorite ...

Anyone who says tofu is bland or boring hasn’t eaten mapo tofu, the intoxicatingly spicy, fragrant dish from the Sichuan province of China. Unlike the gentle Vietnamese tofu dishes I grew up with in ...

Tofu as an ingredient often takes on the characteristics of whatever sauce or preparation is being used to dress it. In the case of mapo tofu, those soft, placid blocks of tofu guard a scorching ...

Those last beautiful summer tomatoes are put to good use in Hetty Lui McKinnon’s take on the classic Sichuan dish. By Mia Leimkuhler Today we have for you: A mapo tofu recipe that makes good use of ...

When my father took over a takeout restaurant in Phoenix in the early 1990s, the menu quickly grew from 18 dishes to over 50. Though beyond impractical and bordering on ridiculous for such a small ...

Uncover the origin of this popular and spicy Chinese dish. Have your ingredients ready before you begin - stir fry cooks fast. I love a dish with a good story behind it, and Mapo Tofu is a legendary ...

A decades-long fascination with the much-loved Sichuan dish inspires research — and eventually a little experimentation. By Andrea Nguyen Anyone who says tofu is bland or boring hasn’t eaten mapo tofu ...

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Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. Sichuan food has become the city’s most popular regional Chinese cuisine, ...