Sichuan chili garlic tofu from Chinese Homestyle Cooking: 90 Plant-Based Recipes for Homemade Sauces, Favorite Takeout and Dim Sum, and Everyday Meals (page 70) by Maggie Zhu

  • Sichuan peppercorns
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  • scallions
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  • Serves : 4

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    Can substitute vegetable oil for peanut oil.

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Accompaniments: Yu choy with garlic-infused oil; Five-ingredient fried okra

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    Can substitute vegetable oil for peanut oil.

  • christineakiyoshi on November 28, 2025

    Made the chili garlic paste for this and it turned out very well. Will make again and it is very good. We used the Chinese dried chilies. Lots of flavor and not too spicy. 5 stars.

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