How to Cook Authentic Sichuan-style Ma Po Tofu

[nelumvila]

i have made this several times (without the pork) - this is an excellent recipe.. especially since it leaves room to be creative. amazing way to cook silken tofu.

i substitute reconstituted shitake well minced in place of pork. i also add fresh mushrooms if i have them in addition.

i love this recipe.

[143nicegirl]

what does it taste like?

[LatinCutie86]

@143nicegirl VERY SPICY. Yet, very good. ;)

[nelumvila]

you are lovely! and great recipe!

[avaelyn]

I LOVE MA PO TOFU! My boss makes it at work, but they never tell me how to make it. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Araneus2800]

By far my favorite chinese dish!

[lastshallbfirst]

Thanks for sharing cooking this tonite

[keo0147]

How come they don't have this in Chinese takeouts?

[goshadowkenny]

@keo0147 My guess is because most Chinese restaurants in North America serve Cantonese cuisine (chow mein, fried rice, etc). There are 7 other types of Chinese cuisine that are hard to find outside Asia, and Sichuan is one of them. 

[mutlipass]

Sucky! sucky! five dolla!

[Darkmizzie]

Epicmealtime should learn to cut like her.

[longname25]

麻婆豆腐是我的最喜欢菜，你做了那碗麻婆豆腐很好，谢谢你上载这­片视频

[EToastE]

Titties! 0_0 Oh, yeah and she has mad skillz.

[PATHFNDER2000]

WAAAW WATS A REAL BEAUTIFUL BREASTS AT 1:23

[aarif28]

I like your boobies and of course the dish too

[patrone411]

@MultiProductionZ same!



[GoldenChantarelle]

I love 麻婆豆腐 I live in Sweden and I make it for my family every month or so. Most people in Sweden can't stand spicy food for some reason but we love it.

It should be oily oily! and hot hot!

Thanks to this dish I even made my family start eat pork meat again (they used to be against pork meat for some half-religious-reason).

Very fun that you use the same brand of doufu as I buy here in Sweden.

Sadly 99% of other swedish people would think i'm crazy for making such a spicy dish. 我爱中国菜

[mekanopsis1]

Thanks for showing how to use the sichuan pepper, adding it at the end.. I was frying it from the start at high heat and burning it!

[shimi99165]

@mekanopsis1 you can actually put them in the oil before u frying other things, but once you get the fregnance of the pepper you hav to take them out, otherwise they burnt.

[happy04chic]

i like her old school cutting tofu technique. that's what I always do. :)

[Xivafout]

I love your stove and wok

[TidKiuYing]

Thanks for sharing this great recipe! I followed your steps and it's delicious :)

[Jtran84]

Looks good. Thanks for the recipe. Not sure if I'll be able to make more than mapo tofu for dinner since it takes so long to make one dish.

[joshster89]

Stop raffing so mush

[CFKMK]

Nice!

[godzillalund]

i cook ed, ma po Tofu with Fingers.

[makidude]

Thumbs up if you searched Mapo Tofu because of Angel Beats! :D

[lehargupta]

awesome . next try not cook stuff coz thats lamee

[nasabayabasan69]

so sexy..

are you married?

=)

[WorldisArt]

Just made this for the first time --yum!

[lordyouu]

lot of misconceptions in the comments field. firstly, i would like to say i've traveled to many provinces in china, and everyone cooks mapo dofu differently. even in sichuan, they argue about how to make mapo dofu correctly.

there isn't a completely wrong way to cook this dish. well, there are wrong ways to cook mapo dofu. the way she cooks it is acceptable. there are some iffy ingredients on her list and her methods aren't great IMO. but id still eat it. id say its 55% authentic.

[marcusyuguang]

@lordyouu stop talking nonsense. Read the bloody title of the vid. "Sichuan-style". There are variations on every dish in every cuisine. Please list the "iffy ingredients". Mapo Tofu comes from province of Sichuan anyway, so it would be the most authentic.

Just stop being a smartass.

[Jonathanliu]

@lordyouuAcceptable even she put the meat before the spices?? It could be delicious. But authentic?

[monkey8113]

your english suck... It make me headache hearing it

[crazydanger]

@monkey8113 your english is no better :D

[monkey8113]

@crazydanger Oh.. Sorry if it make u headache seeing it~

[ahliaozhu]

she is trying hard to show her clevage.

[Chlamydiab]

Oh my god,its making my nose run. I put extra peppers in it and its so... good. Good item to cook and change of chinese homecook eatings. Perfect. I will eat this for the next 8 meals. : )

[kwok1967]

my family loved it!!!!! Thank you for sharing..

[rsa4510]

Ok, I made this just like you said, and it was awesome. You have lit a fire under me to learn more about Chinese cooking. Thank you so much

[mickyboy200768]

thanks for sharing your knowledge with us, i'm just starting to learn chinese cuisine, it's very healthy and tasty, i must say couple extra things,:

1st . giiiiiiirl ,you are a hot lassy, yamyam

2nd the knife / cleaver you using looks the bussiness , it looks good enough to use for circumcisions, pls what is the manufacture's name and where can you buy them from , thanks in advance

[mintico]

this dish is both healthy and delicious. thumbs up yeqiang

[2two1one0zero]

Ma Poo Tofu

[ArthurNewYork1]

Thank-you. Thank-you VERY MUCH for this. Ma Po Tofu is more than good. This is excellent!!

[ArthurNewYork1]

This is VERY GOOD. Thank-you. Thank-you VERY MUCH.

[DExUS5]

I love this food, now I know how to do it.

Thanks !

[SoDesilicious]

I think she skipped saying to put the garlic in first and then the ground pork....

[Navajocaliente]

cool wok cooker. I always wanted one of these. Good video. Thanks.

[vichet90]

I love this food, this is one of my favorite dishes at my work place :)

[kittywov]

I like her accent.

[valdezmiguel2]

are you autistic or something?

[yuummmer]

really good video!  Thanks

[peleefarmers]

You are very good at pacing and explaining to a novice cook. I feel I can pull this off in my own kitchen now. Keep up the good work.

[IKOR72]

LOOKS DELICIOUS...GREETINGS FROM KOREA!!!

[mancillado]

she's so sweet :)

[Doleafol]

Personally, I would incorporate the ground Sichuan peppercorns in earlier (around the time the garlic went in). This way, the heated pepper can become more aromatic as it comes in contact with the oil and also blend into the sauce more fully - becoming part of the sauce (rather than just resting on top of it at the end). I think this is much tastier.

[houseragu]

I just made this tonight. What a delicious meal. I added doubanjian and swapped cooking wine for sake and served it over short grain white rice.

That oven is a tank. Trade you!

[lilbbykayy]

how come i cant hear anything?

[Yous111111]

@lilbbykayy go see a doctor !

[dumbcookie]

don't listen to what some of these people have to say, because this is a great video! thanks so much for posting and i'm going to use this as a guide to help me make this :)

[Thorralf83]

Hey yeqiang, you said that there are some people who do not use any meat in ma po tofu. My girlfriend is a vegetarian (plus eating fish and shrims). Is it clever to use caned (No "stoned", but filled in a can ;-) tuna as an alternative for ground meat, for example? Or does it make the taste to different and not authentic? Thank you for your anwsering, and my best wishes from germany.

[eleganz]

@Thorralf83 does your girlfriend actually label herself to a vegetarian to people other than yourself while at the same time eating fish and shrimp? how awkward is it for her to claim being a vegetarian? and please, you can't substitute tuna for meat in this dish, however you can substitute flavorful white fishes like tilapia.

[shimi99165]

@Thorralf83 Fish will bring a fishy smell to the dish so I probably wont put any meet in it.. and I tried a few times before (b'cos there was nothing in da fridge and Im always too lazy to do grocery shoppings lol), it still tasts good! As long as u follow her receipe, it will turn out to be a mouth watering dish. gud luck!

[Thorralf83]

@shimi99165 Do you know japanese Gyoza? (little fryed dumplings) I made them with caned tuna instead of ground meat, and they taste great! I have tryed the ma po tofu I made with ground soy (fake ground meat). I am not really sure if i already made ma po tofu with tuna until now, but I'll try it out after your well experiences.

[schnitzle]

This really is a good, authentic recipe! I like this woman, she's very good at giving the instructions :D I know my mapo dofu will be better from now on!

[goforityay]

cheh i dun see any japanese pronunciation. i wonder what's the fuss about. who cares if it's made with beef or pork initially or that people in szechuan eat more of which. it's personal preference.

[wickedlady4180]

"Wild fold all over" lol.

She's so cute :)

[Crimson121]

I think her accent is cute ^-^

[liuzhou]

Another American Chinese getting it wrong. Traditional Mapo Doufu is made with ground beef, not pork.

If you are Chinese, why are you using the Japanese pronunciation?

Mapo Doufu without meat is called Ma La Doufu. Different dish.

Your wok ain't big.

About as authentic as Japanese haggis - but nice tits, yes!

[00sven00sven00]

@liuzhou One of the iron chefs made this at a special dinner my girlfriend attended and it had ground pork. she tried making it herself and put so much chilli oil in it i went into the future.

[chickensaurusrex711]

@liuzhou Chinese people eat pork more than they eat beef. There are too many recipes that use pork. Also, this is szechaun style recipe, more szechaun people eat pork than beef. Learn your culture before you speak.

[liuzhou]

@chickensaurusrex711 Thank you. I live in China and am perfectly aware that the Chinese people eat more pork than meat. That does not alter the fact that Sichuan Mapo Doufu is traditionally made with beef.

[futuristfood]

i have a big wok too. yummy dish!

[rumschlager]

i'm making this for dinner. One of my favs for sure. Szechuan food is my favorite chinese qu

[nestorwpg]

tried cooking this for my friends and they were impressed! thanks for sharing lady on the video : )

[lopunny5]

nice tits

[maplepoon]

cute way of cutting tofu and cute way of explaining why she does it that way :)

[ipublica]

Very good instructive video. Thank you! I cooked Mapo Tofu this morning for breakfast and it was delicious. To begin with, I used half veg oil, half sesame oil, and instead of pork meat, I used one finely cut zucchini, and some pine nut kernels and sesame. As I could not get Sichuan pepper, I used Japanese chili pepper which is not that spicy actually, but delicious. I am going to check out your other cooking videos. Cheers, Pierre

[PABSTMAN138]

nice tits

[andyloh006]

I HAVE BIG WOK HAHA

[charleypeng]

well, this is just not a good way to spoil it too much. you need to stir fry it! And do not put too much water. PS. I donnot think this pan is suit for stir fry sichuan food. lol.

[satsuki914]

I like Ma po tofu, it great for dinner, I like to eat it with rice.

[kels327]

helpful! thank you! :)

[OfMoney]

The Food looks NASTY! I think I'm going to trow up

[looseal22]

Ma-Po Tofu is very tasty and one of my favorite Chinese dishes.

[Amarikita]

very nicely done, love the accent

[puffin3]

No one cook any Chinese food using a 'ring' on top of a gas or electric stove. It's a fantasy.

[rpincemin]

k for school we are doing a thing were we pick a place in the world and we have to make some dishes from there and i picked china what are some good things to make

[queend3vona]

I've tried it. Wonderful and simple. I will memorise the recipe

[maharlika131]

nice cleavage!!wow!!!

[MrISIB]

as soon as you said soft tofu I stopped watching. soft tofu breaks apart way to easily to be used in a stir fry, meaning you have no restaurant background knowledge of cooking.

[slipiak]

:D:D:D:D:D idiot

[kyrannian]

I'm pretty sure you are doing it wrong if it's breaking up.

[MrISIB]

Do you know what stir fry means? If you don't you stir on a very high heat. If the tofu is soft it will break apart, you can't stir it. Im assuming she will stew the dish instead of actually stirfrying it. Soft tofu you can't stirfry.

Chinese use soft tofu generally for dessert. Your talking to someone with actual real world restaurant experience and not just home cooking.

[deadeyeDD]

dont have to use a tool to stir you noob

[liuzhou]

@MrISIB Utter nonsense. In China, Mapo Doufu is always made with soft doufu. Chinese people rarely eat desert. 

[theMilkz]

@liuzhou what MrISIB must have meant by soft tofu was silken tofu, which breaks too easily. there is no such thing as hard white tofu anyway. and who cares whether it was traditionally cooked with beef? :|

[MrISIB]

Also working with a medium based tofu you don't have to be as delicate when your actually cutting the tofu into cubes.

Its not like its rock "HARD" its still soft in the end but you get better results using a harder tofu and faster.

[you2306]

but u have to cook tofu some way. how else will it be cooked?

[anozir]

Looks delicious but a tad too much corn starch. Looks too much like a paste instead of a sauce. =D

[ministercreek]

This is my favourite dish!

I used to make ma po tofu all the time! Wonderful.

This is real Chinese food unlike the "Americanized" stuff found in so called "Chinese" Restaurants.

Amen or what?

[vichet90]

@ministercreek try eating at the place I work at. It's awesome I like it a lot compared to the other Chinese restaurants. Most of the restaurant in my town is all buffet. But ours "Szechuan located in Abilene Texas" is a dine in cuisine.

They are also voted in the top 100 Chinese Restaurant for the past couple years.

I Recommend anyone to go there and try it out yourself if you ever happen to visit our town.

[mintico]

@ministercreek the real mapo tofu is too spicy for most americans

[risquecat]

you have to tell me where you bought your wok. I love it!

[Yuulz]

That looks AMAZING! I will definitely be trying it out... WOW! I'm salivating already...

[sweetfeat1]

Sichuan lol, say it sesh-wan

[pugongyingjin]

or can u use shao xing wine instead? 绍兴酒

[pugongyingjin]

can you use red wine as a substitute for cooking wine?

[nodnarbish]

1:23.....arf!!! hehe

[BrianEaZy]

LMAO CHINK

[Elba951]

LMAO RACIST

[MoanaLindsey]

the ending was creepy

[nanakon99]

what a tranny comment, hey dont troll other peoples cooking videos, if youve got something to say, then why dont you make your own cooking video and show people the perfect shit way your talking about,

[mimiisawsome69]

i am sorry but you couldn't even spell the word ever you spelling(every) so go shove it

[joshryker]

You are a rude and worthless person.

[funkysox23]

"gentlyy push it" hahahahaa..interesting video...

[queenstarsha]

This looks good ^__^ Your accent is adoreable by the way xD

[t0psecretshit]

i learned so mush. i plan on making this in 10 mins. i wont have exactly all the ingredients but i will have to make do.

[Junbugz7]

My fav dish, made it a couple days ago.

[coolmantique]

I prefer hearing you speak mandarin.. Can you do everything faster in the next video, because it takes too long to watch and remember everything you say, oh btw I love your wok, it's adorable^^

Cooking wine? My dad's night train or better yet the whisky taste better:D:P

Are you guys from West-China? because this dish my be very chilly

o.O

Thank you for making this..:)

[springlot]

do it faster? the vid is only 10 mins and she covers everything you need to make this delicious dish! i learned so much.

[joshryker]

And if she spoke Mandarin ninety-seven percent of the people watching this video wouldn't be able to understand her.

[thibaulthalpern]

Ni xihuan chi ni doufu haishi map doufu ne?

LOL ;)

[thibaulthalpern]

Ni xihuan chi doufu ma?

LOL

[pukashell1]

I just finished trying out this recipe and it was great. I put in approx 1.5 tbs chilli powder and it was a bit too hot, so try it at 1 tbs and add more as you go. I left out the sichuan peppers and it was still tasty. Maybe because I used regular soy sauce it was a bit salty (I added maybe 2 tbs of it) but I just added more water..as I like mine saucy. I left the tofu in a bowl and poured out the extra water so I could adjust water on my own. Thanks for the great recipe!

[MetallicAsian]

Man, shes got an awesome Wok setup. I want one, tired of parents getting oil on the walls and overhead cabinets. Didn't build them by hand to have oil all over them

[88frappa88]

Halo great and clear video !

Ciao da Roma, Italia !

[DeeHong]

请问四川 pepper 是什么? 不就是干辣椒吗？

[vinniepaz730]

是干辣椒

[unyilneverdie]

give me more cleavage

[saumier1]

Excellent recipe! Try ginger garlic instead of regular garlic, chinese leeks for the greens, add some blackbean paste with the hot bean sauce and after the soy sauce add some oyster sauce. I cup of water is too much! all you need is a few table spoons of water or stalk. Other than that you should toast the sichuan pepper corn in a dry skillet, then grind and use for garnish

[psimin]

I tried this recipe and it's fantastic! I'm the only tofu fan in the house and everybody here had seconds and thirds until it was gone.

Thanks!

[photonia2redrobin]

Good on her, I am from Sydney Aust., she has grasped the essence of the dish indeed, but the title should be changed to Grandma beancurd which is more universal, she deserves the accolade.

[oishitomoro]

lol omg all you guys talking about her breasts are pervs!! ^_^

[michfein]

that looks great!

[kenny10100]

damn stop hatin on her accent people. try moving to a country that doesnt speak english and then talk

[WindiaMinarum]

@kenny10100 Sorry...

[wildtygah]

@kenny10100 her accent is cute

[stanford1232009]

damn, your accent is killing me, but the dish looks good, lol

[anonymousnowhere]

I just love the way she talks .....

[oishitomoro]

LMFAOOOO me too.

[exhifreq]

lmao...c'mon...grow up! What was she making again???lol

[iMystG]

Screw off you pervert.

[thailandajarn]

LMFAO

It's either screw you or f*&k off, not 'screw off' you stupid little monkey. You, can do all three.

Pointless f*&kwit.

[porscha11x]

it's fucktard or dimwit. not all three.

[oishitomoro]

LMFAO

[zXHaruHaruXz]

big wok

big WOCK XD

!

[licheldumi]

haha! thank you for agreeing, bro! :D

[iMystG]

You're an idiot.

[potatoboi88]

i gotta try this :D

[truth721]

this who video reminded me of the tv show yan can cook

[hiloboy3450]

Mapo tofu is my favorite dish and the way she explains her method of prep is so easily understood. Chili peppoers are for taste and color but avoid eating the stuff!

[capetownist]

beautiful tofu cleavage

[HEXtaC]

@capetownist I like what you did there!

[hokiejane]

Thanks so much for the video! This one of my favorite Chinese dishes, and I had given trying to make it. (Many disasters.) I will try this recipe and keep my fingers crossed!

[moneymasterjet]

her speech is musical. especially when she speaks chinese.

[james11asian16jack]

liking the accent

[alex200688]

ni bei lai-de ren ma? xiang, harbin? beijing? nanjing?

[Cutesweetnesss]

thanks for sharing your cooking

[fenxian1]

郫县豆瓣 is key ingredient for all Sichuan food!

[fenxian1]

Perfect I'm right ground pork, not beaf! Be careful, burn your tongue!

[bluejcp24]

good job