Vegan Mapo Tofu: Easy Recipe! - The Woks of Life

Spicy, delicious mapo tofu is usually made with ground pork, but for this vegan recipe, we use chopped shiitake mushrooms and haven't sacrificed any umami!

Mapo Tofu

The traditional Sichuan dish of silken tofu and ground beef, packed with málà flavor from chili oil and Sichuan peppercorns.

Mapo Tofu (Mince & Tofu in Spicy Sauce)

Mapo Tofu - the Japanese version of a classic Sichuan dish with a lot less oil but just as much flavour, made with readily available ingredients. A flavour explosions in a bowl, only 340 calories per serving!

Mapo Tofu Recipe: The Real Deal - The Woks of Life

This mapo tofu recipe (麻婆豆腐) is the true blue, authentic real deal––the spicy, numbing, rice-is-not-optional Sichuan mapo tofu you get in restaurants.

Mapo Tofu with Ramps

While mapo tofu is a dish suitable for any season, adding in a few big handfuls of sliced ramps, the ephemeral wild spring onions that show up by the bushel at farmers' markets, makes the dish into a hyper-seasonal, incredibly delicious treat.

Home-Style Tofu with Mushrooms, Spinach, and Fermented Black Beans

Home-style bean curd is one of those humble recipes that has as many variations as cooks. That's probably because it takes a bunch of simple ingredients and makes them taste robust, meaty, and much more filling than they have any right to be. We have fermented black beans to thank for this.

Spicy Hunan Steamed Tofu & Mushrooms (VEGAN!) - The Woks of Life

This Chinese steamed tofu recipe is packed with flavor from caramelized oyster mushrooms and a spicy Hunan chili sauce with ginger, garlic, and scallions.

Cheat’s Mapo Tofu Packet

Use this Mapo Tofu packet sauce to create a mapo tofu dish packed with all the flavor, spice, and chili goodness you’d expect from your favorite restaurant.

Mushrooms and Tofu With Chinese Mustard Greens

Every year, families celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year with an impressive feast called Reunion Dinner, and among the many plates on the table is abalone in a rich sauce with dried oysters, shiitakes, and an algae called black moss. Inspired by that dish, this recipe is a vegetarian take that still delivers on the richness and flavor of the original.

Kung Pao Tofu (Vegan/Vegetarian!)

Kung pao tofu is a vegetarian version of the famous Sichuan dish, kung pao chicken. With chilis and peanuts, kung pao tofu is a delicious classic.