A classic dish is recreated with silky tofu and rich, spicy sauce packed with numbing Sichuan pepper and deep umami. Each ...

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 ...

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 ...

REAL DEAL Mapo Tofu - A Sichuan STAPLE. This spicy tofu dish is a perfect mix of minced meat, bean paste, and tofu as the ...

This round of recipes goes all in on big flavors. By Mia Leimkuhler Christian Reynoso’s mapo tofu scramble.Credit...Bryan Gardner for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Greg Lofts. I am mad for mapo ...

Mapo tofu is one of Sichuan cuisine’s most iconic dishes. It consists of silky tofu bathed in a fiery, aromatic sauce that balances heat, numbing spice and rich umami flavor. Mapo tofu roughly ...

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 ...

Stick the dried mushrooms in a heatproof bowl and cover with the boiling water. Place a paper towel directly onto the top of the water, covering the whole top of the bowl, to keep the mushrooms ...