Mapo Chili

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  • Serves

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Chinese-American Barbecue: Big-Flavor Asian BBQ from the Smoke Queen

By Winnie Yee

Published 2026

  • About

Mapo Tofu has been a favorite of mine since I was a little girl. When I started learning how to cook in my grandma’s and mom’s kitchen, this was one of the first dishes I made, probably because it was so easy. All Asian supermarkets carry a ready-made Mapo Sauce (which comes in a foil satchel inside a box), and all you need to do is pan-fry some ground meat, add the sauce, and add the cubed tofu. It was fast, simple, protein-packed, and delicious! In fact, I would make this dish every week

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