Learn how to make Mapo Tofu — soft tofu in a spicy, savoury sauce made with garlic, doubanjiang, ground pork, and Sichuan pepper. It’s warming, mouth-tingling, and best with steamed rice.

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 ...

The best bets in Los Angeles for mapo tofu — with spicy and numbing ratings ... there’s not as much depth or strong soybean flavor as in a typical mapo — it’s more like a spicy meat sauce.

Together, they became a creamy sauce that expressed mapo’s essence in a slightly mellower form. It was perfect for spaghetti. Still, there was leftover sauce.

Place soy sauce mixture and remaining marinade ingredients in a blender. Process until smooth. Make the ribs: Slash ribs to the bone in a crosshatch pattern on meaty side of ribs at 1-inch intervals.

Sichuan food is not for the faint of heart, but there's a lot to love about the Chinese region's intensely flavorful fare. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner with more than 15 ...

Ingredients. 40 g dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in warm water overnight; 12 g dried tea tree mushrooms, soaked in warm water overnight; 80 ml (⅓ cup) vegetable oil, plus extra for deep-frying ...