I wanted to create a mapo tofu recipe to my preference.Use minced beef or pork. You could serve this over rice as Mapo Dofu rice bowl. Drizzle with some chili oil if you prefer. Recipe by Setsubunhijiki

I wanted to make tasty mapo tofu without eady-made sauce mix. After many trials, I finally reached the ultimate best.Drain the tofu really well.Break up the tofu when simmering with a wooden spoon so that the tofu absorbs the flavor better.If you like spicy food increase the dobanjiang. It might be too spicy for children with this amount in the recipe. Adjust the spiciness to your liking. Recipe by Hinanachoko.

I wanted to come up with an easy recipe for gnocchi.Instead of making the usual gnocchi with potatoes or sweet potatoes (or purple sweet potatoes) , I think it's fun to make them with many different vegetables. Recipe by verita_n

I wanted to eat delicious mapo doufu, so I experimented with the ingredient combinations.If you don't have sweet chili sauce, you can increase the ketchup to 2 tablespoons, but it will be better with sweet chili sauce.When you cook the ginger and garlic, if you tilt the frying pan so that you are sort of deep-frying them while stir-frying, they will not burn so easily. This is a trick I learned at an Italian restaurant where I used to work. Recipe by youichie

After discovering our love of this dish at one of our city's most popular Szechuan restaurants, we decided to give it a try at home. We didn't have any of the traditionally-included minced pork on hand, so we substituted shiitake mushrooms (which we almost always have on hand) and loved it! We find that using gochujang rather than separate chili and bean pastes keeps our cupboard more tidy. As a note, this recipe is SPICY, you have been warned!

When I don't have a lot of time, I make this simple version of gnocchi with italian pesto. You could add nuts to your pesto for an extra crunch or some dried pepperoncini

This recipe was born because I was too cheap to buy commercial mapo tofu mix.In Step 4, it's best to stir-fry the ground meat very well, until the juices that come out of the meat go back into it.If you want to make it spicier, add sliced red chili pepper to the ground meat at Step 4. Adjust the amount to taste. Recipe by hirokoh

One day I watched a TV coking show and it featured this mapo tofu recipe. I improved on this recipe to make it easy to prepare at home.Add chili oil and Sichuan pepper to this dish if you like. This dish has enough spice even without ra-yu. For children, you could omit the chili oil. Sprinkle sansho pepper before serving. Recipe by Nao mama

A true dish, as they say: Sardinian gnocchi with sausage sauce..A first course that can also be considered a single course, the strong flavor of and the presence of Sardinian dumplings will satisfy both your taste buds and your stomach. Tuscany in search of the original

When have a little leftover ground meat, I always make mapo tofu.It's better to use fresh garlic and ginger, but I use the tubed type for this recipe. The doubanjiang paste gives this dish a real kick, so add it sparingly at first. Recipe by Mahori kaigan

I tried substituting ground meat with my favourite enoki mushrooms. It was pretty good.Adding oil last makes the tofu cubes jiggly, so give it a try.Agitating the wok instead of stirring prevents the tofu cubes from breaking.It's spicy, so adjust the amount of doubanjiang and black pepper according to your taste. Recipe by Shirofukurousha

I loved the mapo tofu from the restaurant near my old company that I used to eat at, but I wasn't able to go there after quitting that company, so I tried making it myself.This is already plenty spicy with doubanjiang, red chili oil, and garlic, so add ichimi chili powder and Sichuan pepper to your preferred spiciness. Use less if you dislike spicy things, and add tons if you love extreme spiciness! Feel free to use bok choy, spinach, or any of your favorite vegetables to replace the komatsuna. For 1 serving. Recipe by mizuki_t