Hello from Canada. This is the best mapo tofu recipe I have come across. I gave up on the Chinese recipes and I am Chinese. This is delicious. The tofu is luxurious. Never thought about boiling it first! And mapo tofu is my childhood favourite. Thanks Aaron and Claire. Love your cooking.
Perfect timing for this video! My room mate & I were just discussing making this last night. We made soondubu jjigae with ground beef instead. Never had it with ground beef but it was good. Next up, we're making your version of mapo tofu because it looks easy and way more delicious than the pkg mix from the store.
I don't understand why this channel doesn't get more views. All Aarons food is so well flavoured, most of the recipes are so simple and tasty, even cheap, and he provides such good substitutes for people who are either short on time, money, or energy only cooking channel i watch to actually cook from
Honestly I just use Gochujang with a cup of chicken stock (finishing off with some sesame oil), super simple and delicious but your dish looks tasty like always!
I have been making mapo tofu for a few years and they were tasty, BUT my son made Aaron's recepe and it was a whole other level of flavour and satisfaction. We will not be using any other receipe. Thank you.
I have eaten a lot of Chinese food in the USA and China, but have always avoided tofu. I made this tonight and it was fantastic and satisfying. I will be making this again as well as other recipes on this site. Good job!
EDIT: I reheated half f dinner last night by simmering 3/4 tbsp of gochujang in veg oil, then adding the leftovers. OMG delicious. Found another favorite dish that’s easy to make. Thank you Aaron ! I just made this for dinner with a few modifications. I had almost all of the ingredients but the Doubanjiang so it was very close to your recipe. I substituted soy bean paste and I think it would have been better with gochujang or possibly half of each. I want to eat more vegetables so I added a cup of zucchini when I added the tofu (which I only had extra firm and think regular tofu would be better next time. I only had green bell peppers so I doubled up on those and added a half cup of chopped Shitake mushrooms with the green peppers. I had only made the Sichuan peppercorn oil in the past, but I tried it with the crushed peppercorns this time and it was very pleasant, tingling even. Overall I was very pleased with the results, the texture of this dish when eaten with a good quality short grain rice is amazing and I will make this again. I'm gaining weight Aaron, you need to include some lousy recipes so I can keep my figure 😜😁
Ever since I saw your other mapo tofu video, I always cook it in bigger batches and freeze some portions, so I can just defrost some whenever I crave this wonderful dish 🥰 Thank you for always giving us options for ingredients we might not be able to get and for all the easy and delicious recipes.
my favourite part of every videos is claire’s taste test. there’s a korean shop an hour away, i’ll be going next week to stock up. thanks for making these videos.
I used this Mapo Tofu recipe as a base for the sauce and made a vegetable stir fry with cabbage, carrots, and onions plus ground beef and potato noodles. Then I made it super spicy with some Korean Hot sauce. Basically I used what I had on hand without going to the supermarket. WOW!! My 1st Mapo Tofu that's not really Mapo Tofu but it came out really super good!! I will be buying some tofu next shopping trip to make this with tofu for a real Mapo Tofu! Thank you
I have always been a bit scared of tofu because of past mistakes i have made, but this really makes me want to try again, and i will thx to Aaron and Claire😇
Made this last night for supper...AMAZING my new favorite dish. Thanks for posting. Can't wait to get your cookbook! Totally love every dish we've tried 💕💕💕
One of my favorite dishes of all time. I've made it several times now but haven't tried red and green peppers in it. A lot of good suggestions for this recipe. Great video.
Made this tonight, first time making mapo tofu and it is delicious! Love your recipes, they are tasty, easy and quick to prepare. Aaron and Claire have a great positive energy!
My version of mapo tofu is very easy. Whenever I cook Taiwanese ground pork and rice, I always have leftover pork. I add the flavorful pork and Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp sauce to the tofu, and the whole dish is done in a few minutes. So easy and delicious!
Mapo tofu is my comfort food so I cook it often. Though I can't get my hands on doubanjiang in my country, so I just substitute it with gochujang. It's not authentic but it's very tasty anyway.
One important tip I have is to set the ground meat aside once it’s gotten crispy and take a few minutes to just fry the chili paste in the oil until the oil is colored red, enhances the flavor by a lot and also gives the dish a very nice shiny red color Don’t know how much authenticity you’re going for here, seeing as it has bell peppers in it, but the spirits are certainly divided on whether ginger goes in Mapo tofu, sort of depends on how much mala (numbingly spicy) you want it to be. Shaoxin wine is also really important to balance out the saltiness and enhance the umami.
Finally!! I made this and finally got to use ingredients I e been slowly stocking, black vinegar peppercorn oil, chili bean paste oh yeah!! I even screwed up and used teriyaki instead of soy sauce, whoops 😂 very delicious!
I learned of this dish recently upon hearing about Iron Chef Chen Kenichi's passing. I've been studying it ever since, checking out various recipes. I need to try THIS recipe. Thank you!
I really love how you take your time with explaining the instructions and give alternatives for different ingredients. One of the best cooking tutorials I've watched.
I've made this twice. It's sooo good and very easy (I am just starting to learn how to cook). I recommend everyone to try making this for themselves :)
Just made this for dinner tonight. Followed your directions completely. I’d say this turned out better then my favorite take away place! Delicious! Thanks!
Hi Aaron and Claire, greetings from Australia. Another great video. This dish looks so delicious and I like Tofu, so versatile and soaks up all the flavors well. I'm going to give this dish a try soon. I also received my copy of your cookbook, looks great and has lots of information and great recipes to try. Looking forward to trying some of them out. Thanks for all your efforts in the videos and your cookbook.
the only problem i have is that whenever chinese/taiwanese use chinese chili bean paste in any recipe its very important to fry up the paste after the garlic ginger stuff until "the red oil comes out" which basically is until fragrant, then you can add your other soy sauce and stuff
Awesome video! If using the chili peppers, would you still add it at the same time that the bell peppers were added in or later in the cooking process?
I'm definitely going to try this. Mapo tofu is one of my favorite Chinese dishes. I was lucky enough to eat it in Szechuan. The restaurant where I had it made it less thick, and I liked that very much. So, all I have to do is add less cornstarch?
I press the hell out of my tofu, so it stands up well to kimchi stew. This Mapo is waaaaaaay better than the pouches I buy! I think you showed us this dish with a better Korean vibe. I'm excited to try it!
Hi Aaron! I LOVE your recipes so much, they've made cooking fun for me! Just wondering if sometime in the future you could do a couple of recipes that don't have as much sodium in them for our high blood pressure brothers and sisters? That'd be cool!
Yooo. Shout-out to that perfect Surfshark transition 💚 Love Aaron and Claire. Got their cook book. Plan on going on a shopping trip for mother sauces soon.
Looks great! I love his dish and eat it often here in Seoul hehe I highly recommend also adding some Mara 마라 sauce, to add that extra spicy/numbing tang! Thanks for the recipe, Aaron and Claire!
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My husband loves mapo tofu and he said this was fantastic. It was so easy to make too. Thank you for the recipe!
Hello from Canada. This is the best mapo tofu recipe I have come across. I gave up on the Chinese recipes and I am Chinese. This is delicious. The tofu is luxurious. Never thought about boiling it first! And mapo tofu is my childhood favourite.
Thanks Aaron and Claire. Love your cooking.
I love how Aaron finds a way to fit in green onion into every recipe because he loves it so much.
Perfect timing for this video! My room mate & I were just discussing making this last night. We made soondubu jjigae with ground beef instead. Never had it with ground beef but it was good. Next up, we're making your version of mapo tofu because it looks easy and way more delicious than the pkg mix from the store.
OMG! Ground beef soondubu jjigae sounds really delicious, too! 😍😍 I should share that recipe sometimes!
I don't understand why this channel doesn't get more views.
All Aarons food is so well flavoured, most of the recipes are so simple and tasty, even cheap, and he provides such good substitutes for people who are either short on time, money, or energy
only cooking channel i watch to actually cook from
The transition from tofu to surfshark to tofu again is so smooth 😂
Honestly I just use Gochujang with a cup of chicken stock (finishing off with some sesame oil), super simple and delicious but your dish looks tasty like always!
I have been making mapo tofu for a few years and they were tasty, BUT my son made Aaron's recepe and it was a whole other level of flavour and satisfaction. We will not be using any other receipe. Thank you.
Did it today, it was one of my best asian recepies ever. Simple, fast, cheap. 5 starts 🤩
I have eaten a lot of Chinese food in the USA and China, but have always avoided tofu. I made this tonight and it was fantastic and satisfying. I will be making this again as well as other recipes on this site. Good job!
EDIT: I reheated half f dinner last night by simmering 3/4 tbsp of gochujang in veg oil, then adding the leftovers. OMG delicious. Found another favorite dish that’s easy to make. Thank you Aaron !
I just made this for dinner with a few modifications. I had almost all of the ingredients but the Doubanjiang so it was very close to your recipe. I substituted soy bean paste and I think it would have been better with gochujang or possibly half of each. I want to eat more vegetables so I added a cup of zucchini when I added the tofu (which I only had extra firm and think regular tofu would be better next time. I only had green bell peppers so I doubled up on those and added a half cup of chopped Shitake mushrooms with the green peppers. I had only made the Sichuan peppercorn oil in the past, but I tried it with the crushed peppercorns this time and it was very pleasant, tingling even. Overall I was very pleased with the results, the texture of this dish when eaten with a good quality short grain rice is amazing and I will make this again. I'm gaining weight Aaron, you need to include some lousy recipes so I can keep my figure 😜😁
Ever since I saw your other mapo tofu video, I always cook it in bigger batches and freeze some portions, so I can just defrost some whenever I crave this wonderful dish 🥰
Thank you for always giving us options for ingredients we might not be able to get and for all the easy and delicious recipes.
my favourite part of every videos is claire’s taste test. there’s a korean shop an hour away, i’ll be going next week to stock up. thanks for making these videos.
The beginning of the video is just perfection
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Claire is right, it is a beautiful looking dish. Great filming throughout, especially at the beginning, that made me laugh! 😆
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Easy enough to veganize. I would probably use finely chopped button mushrooms instead of the meat. Can't wait to try this recipe. Thanks.
I used this Mapo Tofu recipe as a base for the sauce and made a vegetable stir fry with cabbage, carrots, and onions plus ground beef and potato noodles. Then I made it super spicy with some Korean Hot sauce. Basically I used what I had on hand without going to the supermarket.
WOW!! My 1st Mapo Tofu that's not really Mapo Tofu but it came out really super good!! I will be buying some tofu next shopping trip to make this with tofu for a real Mapo Tofu!
Thank you
I have always been a bit scared of tofu because of past mistakes i have made, but this really makes me want to try again, and i will thx to Aaron and Claire😇
Don't worry about it!! You're gonna love it soon! 😎
That Tofu to Surfshark transition! Love it!
Made this last night for supper...AMAZING my new favorite dish. Thanks for posting. Can't wait to get your cookbook! Totally love every dish we've tried 💕💕💕
I was waiting for Claire to ask for rice or beer! Great recipe!
One of my favorite dishes of all time. I've made it several times now but haven't tried red and green peppers in it. A lot of good suggestions for this recipe. Great video.
my local market has minced fresh ginger in a small tube in the produce section, it is pretty good.
Made this tonight, first time making mapo tofu and it is delicious! Love your recipes, they are tasty, easy and quick to prepare. Aaron and Claire have a great positive energy!
Yay! So glad you liked it. Thanks for sharing! 😁👍
I made your earlier Mapo tofu once with the soft tofu. It was good. But after that Ive made it about 40 times with extra firm tofu, much better.
My version of mapo tofu is very easy. Whenever I cook Taiwanese ground pork and rice, I always have leftover pork. I add the flavorful pork and Lao Gan Ma spicy chili crisp sauce to the tofu, and the whole dish is done in a few minutes. So easy and delicious!
the ad placement was so smooth I actually loved it haha
Aaron, I made this last night…best Mapo Tofu I’ve ever had!👨🍳
So many great recipes! And your book is even (hard to believe) better than the videos. Best wishes from Ohio.
Mapo tofu is my comfort food so I cook it often. Though I can't get my hands on doubanjiang in my country, so I just substitute it with gochujang. It's not authentic but it's very tasty anyway.
I've been starting to cook Szechuan dishes and was looking for more tofu dishes so this hits the spot! Thank you!!!
I've always loved the texture of silken tofu and I think dishes like this really make it shine
One important tip I have is to set the ground meat aside once it’s gotten crispy and take a few minutes to just fry the chili paste in the oil until the oil is colored red, enhances the flavor by a lot and also gives the dish a very nice shiny red color
Don’t know how much authenticity you’re going for here, seeing as it has bell peppers in it, but the spirits are certainly divided on whether ginger goes in Mapo tofu, sort of depends on how much mala (numbingly spicy) you want it to be. Shaoxin wine is also really important to balance out the saltiness and enhance the umami.
Finally!! I made this and finally got to use ingredients I e been slowly stocking, black vinegar peppercorn oil, chili bean paste oh yeah!! I even screwed up and used teriyaki instead of soy sauce, whoops 😂 very delicious!
I made your Japanese curry dish and it's now my favourite curry to make
Thanks for that wonderful recipe
I'm pretty sure this is gonna be your new favorite tofu dish!!! 😍😍
You have done so much to expand my boring American diet. And your cook book is a HUGE help! Thank you for making recipes even I can cook. ❤👍
I love mapo cabbage noodles so I already know I will love this cuz I love tofu too~ Thanks for the recipe!!
You can also wrap the tofu in a towel and cook it for about a minute on high in the microwave to remove excess water.
I learned of this dish recently upon hearing about Iron Chef Chen Kenichi's passing. I've been studying it ever since, checking out various recipes. I need to try THIS recipe. Thank you!
Add half teaspoon of ground caraway seed will kick it up a notch.
Mapo Tofu is one of my most favorite comfort foods. Thanks to Mrs. Chen and her pockmarks for inventing this dish.
I LOVE Mapo Tofu, can't wait to make this
Please let us know how it was! 😍😍
@@AaronandClaire Will do! Love your channel! ❤️
Thank you!!
Love your channel, i have learned alot from you and always try your dishes
I really love how you take your time with explaining the instructions and give alternatives for different ingredients. One of the best cooking tutorials I've watched.
This recipe is delicious!! It was easy to prepare.
Just made it! I’ve made it before with a more complicated recipe. Yours is not as good BUT…so much easier!! Nice!
I love mapo tofu, just never made it at home......buuuuut now after watching this, I want try making it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
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I LOVE this dish. I’m excited to try this version.
awesome thank you…this just decided what i’m cooking next week 🎉
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Thanks for your amazing and easy recipes! I really enjoy your videos and have recommended them to my friends.
Tried it. Did not disappoint 🤤
I made this tonight with my family and oh my god you were not lying when you said it would change my life
Told you! 🤣 So glad you liked it! 😁
I've made this twice. It's sooo good and very easy (I am just starting to learn how to cook). I recommend everyone to try making this for themselves :)
So glad that you loved it! :)
Just made this for dinner tonight. Followed your directions completely. I’d say this turned out better then my favorite take away place! Delicious! Thanks!
My pleasure! I’m so glad you liked it. Thanks for sharing! 😍
What good timing. We have tofu that we have pondering how to use.
I haven’t eaten Tofu often yet, but this looks delicious, I want to try it
You're gonna love it so much!! 😍
Hahaha that filter when you were talking at the beginning of the video was too funny🤣
If you're happy I'm happy!🤣
Hi Aaron and Claire, greetings from Australia. Another great video. This dish looks so delicious and I like Tofu, so versatile and soaks up all the flavors well. I'm going to give this dish a try soon. I also received my copy of your cookbook, looks great and has lots of information and great recipes to try. Looking forward to trying some of them out. Thanks for all your efforts in the videos and your cookbook.
I LOVE this recipe! I used fake ground beef instead of pork and added chopped cremini mushrooms. You CANNOT tell it's vegan. DELISH!
This looks delicious. I love tofu. And since it's minus two degrees celsius outside this is just what I need 💜
Thank you for posting. I love mapo tofu.
I first tried this like 2 months ago in a local Chinatown and have been thinking of it since.
Aaron and Claire, I love you both! Your videos always make me happy and hungry!
You can use ginger paste in a tube instead of buying fresh ginger and grating it.
the only problem i have is that whenever chinese/taiwanese use chinese chili bean paste in any recipe its very important to fry up the paste after the garlic ginger stuff until "the red oil comes out" which basically is until fragrant, then you can add your other soy sauce and stuff
Thank you so much! My favourite tofu recipe!
I always recommend this dish for people that don’t like tofu.
As soon as you said "Claire!" I said "Bring some rice!" I didn't guess "Bring a big spoon" though! 😆
Yay! I was hoping for more tofu recipes!
I LOVE THIS GUY!! He is like an asian version of Guga! hahaha
can't wait to make Mapo and share!
They sell finely ground ginger in a tube in the States.
Thank you SurfShark!
Narrator's cadence reminds me of Guga😁
10:10 Claire: “I’m not a spoon seller…” 😂NGL, Claire could sell me air in a bottle and make me think I got a bargain.
@Aaron and Claire can you fry the tofu instead before adding to the ground meat??
Looks amazing...bet it tastes even better!
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who needs to watch k-drama when the world can watch aaron and claire??
OMG... my wife just made this tonight! So good! Subbed.
Awesome! So glad you liked it!!! 😁👍
Awesome video! If using the chili peppers, would you still add it at the same time that the bell peppers were added in or later in the cooking process?
I just bought tofu good timing!
Awww! So glad I found your channel. Love these recipes 😋!
True Szechuan. Can you do Triple Pepper Chicken next, please?
I just ordered your book! Can't wait to try as many dishes as I can
Yay!!! Hope you enjoy it! 😁🙌
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Sichuan pepper LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Too bad i didnt know this recipe years ago, had to go my own way, still delicious *_*
The authentic recipe has doubanjan, salted black beans and dried chillies.
Definitely doing this 😊
I want to eat Mapu Tofu tooo!!!! Looks delicious!!!😋
Just ordered your cookbook Aaron, can't wait to try some of these recipes!
I'm definitely going to try this. Mapo tofu is one of my favorite Chinese dishes. I was lucky enough to eat it in Szechuan. The restaurant where I had it made it less thick, and I liked that very much. So, all I have to do is add less cornstarch?
Yes, that’s right! 😁👍 (For more details or list of ingredients, check this out. aaronandclaire.com/mapo-tofu/)
I just remembered Angel Beats. . . and now I can't sleep
i loveeeee mapo tofu
I press the hell out of my tofu, so it stands up well to kimchi stew. This Mapo is waaaaaaay better than the pouches I buy! I think you showed us this dish with a better Korean vibe. I'm excited to try it!
Try freezing it. Put it in take it out defreeze it and squeeze it for like 30 seconds. boom perfect tofu that doesnt fall apart
Hi Aaron! I LOVE your recipes so much, they've made cooking fun for me!
Just wondering if sometime in the future you could do a couple of recipes that don't have as much sodium in them for our high blood pressure brothers and sisters? That'd be cool!
Yooo. Shout-out to that perfect Surfshark transition 💚 Love Aaron and Claire. Got their cook book. Plan on going on a shopping trip for mother sauces soon.
I wish I had a husband who knew how to cook, mine barely knows how to boil water 😂
Yorokobe Shounen
Looks great! I love his dish and eat it often here in Seoul hehe I highly recommend also adding some Mara 마라 sauce, to add that extra spicy/numbing tang! Thanks for the recipe, Aaron and Claire!
Shoaxing substitute inexpensive scotch or bourbon