Sichuan, China: Ma-Po Tofu, Part 2

[aktifistri]

what's the sauce made from?..i've been making Ma La Do fu (same as Ma Po To Fu) basically, but the best flavor is when I use the ready-to-go ingredients/sauce from the supermarket. Still, i'd love to be able to make the ingredients my own.. thanks in advance for the info.. :)

[iHasAbucket0246]

amazing looking dish i don't mind about wanting to "try" and making it

[wickfreeliving]

This looks SO good. The host ruined it for me though.

[timctang]

why are there so many haters. she's trying to teach you how to make food.

[CJPHOTO3]

Great vid.

I only wish they did a vegetarian version...

[kiwikiwiangle]

@CJPHOTO3 u can just cook it without the beef :) or u can use some scrambled eggs :)

[liuzhou]

Not authentic at all!

[shinjitsu85]

"Rice wine vinger?" Stupid bitch. RICE WINE, BITCH!!!! And bitch she said RED not ORANGE. Dumb bitch. Americans....... I wish I could cut that bitch.

[artz900]

Mapo Tofu is my favorite Chinese Dish

[ShyGuy236]

ok i HATE the one that isnt chef Cheng....

[Ersatzbee]

This chef is awesome

[conradchow]

this is definitely not authentic Sichuan style at all

it is westernise verison of ma po tofu

first a chinese cook will never put the spring onion during cooking

second , ma po tofu doesnt contain soya sauce

[nobsthanks]

did that woman just say, "special chinese secret" ....i might cut a bitch

[orionpirates]

Worst chef ever!! She doesn't even know how to make Ma-Po Tofu.

[videojudge1980]

just cooked up this recipe. its tastes pretty good. although, its not quite "traditional" american chinese.

i've travelled all around china and i can tell you that they cook the dish differently in each region. there isnt a standard for how this dish is cooked.

in cooking her dish, in order to reach the amount of fat in the wok as her's in the video, you have to use a fatty quality of beef. so that the beef will render most of the fat as a sauce. otherwise, you'll end up with a dry dish.

[jadestar22]

complain about the host. she should be fired for her stupidity.

[liuzhou]

@jadestar22 Who is going to fire her? She is the boss of Epicurious,dot.com.

[kelfy]

some people keep blaming the way that she cook isn't right. Come on, there has no right or wrong of styles of cooking. Consider that the dishes are doable at home and the healthy trend in world wide, Will you deep fry the chill nad pepper in hot oil at home? Not even got wok like Chinese too.

[absolutblue]

Yum ! I love Tofu!

[icecreamseller99]

the sichuan pepper is supposed to be 'cooked' in hot oil for 20 secs. So that the oil is spicy n tasty

this is all wrong!!! r u sure she can cook ma po

what a disgrace to the CHINESE population!!!

[icecreamseller99]

Extremely AMATEURISH!

Chinese all over the world dont cook dishes in a pan like this? What happened to a wok?

There is no heat and she cooks too slowly.

WOK HEAT IS MISSING!

If she open a restaurant selling MA PO TOFU... I am sure there will be no Chinese diners.

[NX74656]

This was a really great video. Thanks for posting this.

[boingDC]

Chef Cheng did an excellent job of educating the public about the sophistication and complexity of Sichuan cooking. I believe there are many who assume that Chinese cooking is just stir fry with soy sauce.

[Wll4FREE]

then u put that stuff over rice =) yummy

[shakuhachi]

this looks like an awful version of a great dish. this woman is a teacher? She seems rather amateurish

[chefkoo]

i'm actually really surprised this lady is a teacher at the CIA. alot of her facts were inaccurate.

[hydejing]

why not chicken?

this is very good because most of time we see the MA PO they got very think or much oil which is wrong

what is slurry??

By the way MAPO is actally a grandmother name MA and make the rest of the food such as tofu, and some prok then make a dish for a farmer to eat after that it create a dish call ma po tofu

[loginname2828]

thank-you :}

[anarchy3E]

decadance, epicurus whould be ashamed for you

[GanCIC]

cantonese put oester source in every thing. god. dont put it in ma po dou fu and add a little water and let it stew for a while so the flavor goes into the doufu.

[YoMomma2006]

its not cantonese there called chinese people. and thats how you make it you put oyster sauce in it. what would you use then