Mapo Tofu (or Sichuan Bean Curd, Stir-fried Tofu in Hot Sauce) Mapo Tofu or Mapo's Bean Curd, is wildly popular throughout China and originated at a restaurant in Chengdu. The tofu is served hot ...

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 ...

That it absorbs a wide range of flavors is a boon, too, since it means the same blank slate can turn into something spicy, like mapo tofu, or tangy like this crisp tofu doused in hoisin ...