• What is Mapo Tofu?

Mapo Tofu is one of the traditional dishes of the Han nationality in Sichuan province. The main ingredients for the ingredients are tofu, minced beef (also can use pork), pepper and pepper, and so on. Ma comes from Chinese prickly ash and is hot from hot pepper. This dish highlights the “hot and spicy” character of Sichuan cuisine. Mapo Tofu is one of the traditional dishes of the Han nationality in Sichuan province. The main ingredients for the ingredients are tofu, minced beef (also can use pork), pepper and pepper, and so on. Ma comes from Chinese prickly ash and is hot from hot pepper. This dish highlights the “hot and spicy” character of Sichuan cuisine.

• History

The Mapo Tofu has a storefront formerly known as “Chen Xingsheng restaurant” near the Wanfu Bridge in Chengdu founded in the first year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing dynasty (1862). Shop owner Chen Chunfu (Chen Senfu) died early, the small restaurant will be run by the boss’s wife, a female boss face micro-hemp, known as “Chen Mapo”. Wanfu Bridge was a bridge across the river, often have coolies at this stop. The main customers of the restaurant are the porters who carry the oil. Chen has a unique set of cooking skills for tofu, cooked tofu color, smell, Dynamite, loved by the people, she created baked tofu, is known as “Chen Mapo Tofu”, its food shop later also to “Chen Mapo tofu shop” for the name.