This recipe for Chinese Mapo Tofu is a classic, spicy, numbing, saucy tofu dish that comes together in 20 minutes. It's bold, comforting, and perfect over a bowl of freshly steamed rice. Mapo Tofu is ...

One spoonful of this fiery chili will instantly wake up your tastebuds. Justin Chapple is a chef, recipe developer, food writer, video host, and cookbook author. In addition, he is the culinary ...

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 ...

This image shows a recipe for Japanese-Style Mapo Tofu from the cookbook "The Wok: Recipies and Techniques," by J. Kenji López-Alt. (J. Kenji López-Alt/W. W. Norton & Company via AP) J. Kenji ...

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 ...

I eat a lot of plant-based meals, but often the fact that they don’t contain meat is beside the point. So it’s one of my pet peeves when a recipe, restaurant or brand makes a bigger deal out of what a ...

Mapo Tofu is my favorite tofu dish. The sauce is meaty and savory; it clings to the tofu, rich with oyster sauce, bits of ground turkey and minced garlic. This version uses frozen peas and carrots, ...

Much of the classic Sichuan food at this restaurant, said to be the oldest extant Sichuan restaurant in Flushing, has a certain elegance and refinement to it, and the mapo is no exception. The flavors ...

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 ...

Stir together 1 cup hot water and mushroom seasoning in a small bowl until well dissolved. Set aside. Toast chiles in a 14-inch wok over medium-low, stirring often, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add ...