Chinese
Chinese
Members recipe
Mapo Tofu
Silken tofu and ground pork simmered in a fiery Sichuan sauce of chile bean paste and fermented black beans. Numbing peppercorns finish each bite.
in the kitchen -- behind-the-scenes shots from our test cook
Method
- Gently slide the cubed tofu into salted simmering water and hold warm while you build the sauce.
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Cooks notes. Recipes are tested in a US home kitchen. Substitute lemon for lime if you must, but the result will read brighter. Salt to taste -- our quantities skew toward kosher.
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