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 ...

Uncover the origin of this popular and spicy Chinese dish. Have your ingredients ready before you begin - stir fry cooks fast. I love a dish with a good story behind it, and Mapo Tofu is a legendary ...

Monday mornings are tough, but this series isn’t. Social Sightings is a quick taste of recent food tidbits that goes down as easy as your first cup of coffee, and should whet your appetite for the ...

Mapo tofu brings the heat and the numb in a meal that's filled with intense flavors. It's one of the easiest Chinese dishes to make if you use the right techniques and ingredients. So what is this ...

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 ...

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 ...

Firstborn's steak tartare made with the flavors of mapo tofu. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) In Chinatown’s newest restaurant, mapo tofu inspires steak tartare, pillowy gnudi are made with ...

Oh. So this is what they mean by "numbing effect." Well, this is fun. No, seriously. This is actually fun. My spice tolerance is truly bottom tier — like, the house salsa they put out with chips at ...

Hot and sour soup. Mapo tofu. Egg foo young. Or, my personal favorite, sesame beef made extra crispy. Sometimes you want to be adventurous with Chinese food. Other times you need it to be your safety ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firstborn's steak tartare made with the flavors of mapo tofu. (Stephanie Breijo / Los Angeles Times) In Chinatown’s newest ...