Mapo Tofu is a comforting spicy dish that originated in China’s Sichuan province. Its name loosely translates to Pockmarked Old Woman’s Tofu and points towards the dish’s creator in the city of Chengdu.
This silky and delicious Cantonese style congee is a type of a savoury rice porridge and in this case is made with freshly caught wild largemouth bass and foraged stinging nettle leaves.