What is mapo tofu?
Mapo tofu · Chinese
Sichuan classic of soft tofu in a fiery red sauce with ground pork, fermented bean paste and numbing Sichuan peppercorns.
What it tastes like
Spicy, salty, rich and tingly-numb on the lips, with soft tofu that soaks it all up. Made for plain rice.
Where you’ll see it
Sichuan restaurants and Chinese menus everywhere, sometimes in a vegetarian version without the pork.