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(Note: if you are a vegetarian, it's very easy to replace the trivial amount of meat in this recipe with your choice of Beyond/Impossible/That Sorta Thing, rehydrated TVP/soy curls, or finely minced mushrooms. Vegetable broth works fine as a replacement for chicken broth, as most of the flavor comes from the aromatics and the doubanjiang. I have made versions for omnivores and vegetarians and either way, it comes together beautifully.)

Soozcat 13h ago

We made mapo tofu tonight and ate it over rice. It is The Nom. And it's not overly difficult to make, which is just my speed.

The only ingredient you need that most likely isn't already in your kitchen is Pixian doubanjiang, a deep red broad bean paste. You can get it in most well-stocked Asian markets (or buy it from *m*z*n.c*m if you have to). There's also Sichuan peppercorns, but roughly 2/3 of the time we leave them out and the end result is still good.

If you'd like to try your hand at making it, here's the recipe we printed out and have used so often it's covered with splotches:

https://thechinaproject.com/2020/03/02/the-best-mapo-tofu-recipe/

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The best Mapo Tofu recipe | Chinese food | The China Project

Mapo tofu (麻婆豆腐 mápó dòufu) — translated literally as "pockmarked grandma's beancurd" — is a classic dish from Sichuan Province that all Chinese people know. Kaiser knows exactly how to cook it.

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