Mapo Tofu (season 2, episode 1) « Cooking with Steven

Mapo Tofu (season 2, episode 1)

Dedicated to our first fan, Francesco Corleone, who wrote to us from LA with a similar recipe.

Mapo Tofu literally means the tofu of the pock-marked old lady. If I got my hear-say history right, it's one of those stories where the old lady, through her cooking, supported her family and got fame in the process.

Remember, we can play around with the basic recipe, but don't forget the SPICE and the all important fermented (chili) bean paste!

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Tagged as: fan, heat, meat, spicy, tofu | Modified: April 11, 2010 at 9:07 pm | Steven Cheng Leave a comment

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DC
March 31st, 2010 - 14:47

Love it! Keep it up!
nc
April 1st, 2010 - 13:35

hey. love the show. cheers
You-seng Wong
April 27th, 2010 - 08:06

“Don’t pull your knife towards you. That’s how you cut something.” LOL.
Ephe
May 6th, 2010 - 00:26

Referred to this site by Nico (from Indonesia, now in LA). I love it Thanks for sharing your tips – I’ll try to follow them!
Ephe
May 6th, 2010 - 02:53

Aaaaaand when i said “nico” i meant “francesco”. Silly of me.
Steven Cheng
May 6th, 2010 - 05:24

Hi Ephe,

Thank you for your support, and please do let me know how the dish turns out and share with me the tips you have. Also, do you know of any easy-to-make Indonesian dish? I’m from Singapore and I miss our South-East Asian flavours. Please leave your recipe as a comment here:

Thanks!