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Mapo Tofu from China
China Soups & Stews

Mapo Tofu

📍 Sichuan

4.5

Silky tofu in a fiery, numbing chilli-bean sauce.

About Mapo Tofu

Soft tofu simmers in a brick-red sauce of fermented broad-bean paste, minced meat, chilli oil and Sichuan pepper. It is comforting and incendiary in equal measure, best over plain rice.

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