When my father took over a takeout restaurant in Phoenix in the early 1990s, the menu quickly grew from 18 dishes to over 50. Though beyond impractical and bordering on ridiculous for such a small ...

Tofu is a delicious and super versatile ingredient. From traditional Sichuan dishes like mapo tofu with crispy Chinese sausage to an eggless tofu scramble, the vegan brunch of champions, there are ...

Mapo tofu is one of Sichuan cuisine’s most iconic dishes. It consists of silky tofu bathed in a fiery, aromatic sauce that ...

As an Associate Food Editor, Bridget Hallinan primarily focuses on home cooking content for Food & Wine.com. She writes and edits recipe content, interviews chefs for helpful tips and tricks, and ...

1. In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water. With a fork, mix until smooth; set aside. 2. In a wok over high heat, heat the oil until smoking. Add the beef and cook, stirring constantly, for ...

Truth be told, even having grown up with it, I’m not the biggest tofu lover. The way I truly ever enjoyed it was in silken form in soups — in miso soup or haemul sundubu jjigae (Korean spicy seafood ...

This mapo tofu with Lao Gan Ma from Analiese Gregory switches out the more traditional pork mince for chicken and silken tofu for a medium-firm tofu, for a modern day version of this Chinese classic ...

When I became a vegetarian and wanted to cook tofu, my dad (a seasoned tofu pro) gave me this advice – forget trying to make it taste exactly like meat. Besides the texture, the gripe most people have ...

Tofu as an ingredient often takes on the characteristics of whatever sauce or preparation is being used to dress it. In the case of mapo tofu, those soft, placid blocks of tofu guard a scorching ...

Even the most experienced cooks may not know the extent of its versatility. Here’s how to use it to its fullest. By Andrea Nguyen These are good times for tofu lovers, with an expanding market and ...