Mapo Tofu from My Hero Academia | Anime With Alvin

[@BilalKhan-hq6cg]

It's so nice to know this recipe has part of Alvin's family in it, makes it more wholesome

[@BilalKhan-hq6cg]

@Porcuspine360 Thats not very Go Beyond Plus Ultra of you Porcuspine

[@jameswent48]

@Porcuspin I wish you never commented in this channel, your comments are such a waste.

[@Nebesus]

I too, love the taste of human flesh.

[@LadyUsakoB]

@Porcuspine360 bad day?

[@BobJoeman]

Hopefully not literally

[@Wolfe25]

Can we pleaaaaase get a series of Alvin doing chinese dishes? he seems to have a lot of passion for it and I'd love to see what else he enjoys!

[@onenote6619]

'Broken tofu is a no-no' - Jamie Oliver should take note.

[@shadowednight1600]

The very same who made that fail of butter chicken?

[@gabbonoo]

@@shadowednight1600 he loves acid, dont care what other people snob on about, and doesnt seem to care about texture... probably why he dont got any Michelin stars

[@shadowednight1600]

He is a real piece of work. He also banned Turkey Twisters, whatever those are or were

[@saninorochimaru2]

​@@shadowednight1600 and the one who made ramen without ramen noodles

[@gabbonoo]

@@shadowednight1600 you talking about the school program? He got kids off zero fibre diets. no more constipated, picky, overweight children is a nice aspiration.

[@chartypeplays2396]

Mapo Tofu Alvin: From My Hero Academia. The other comments: From Fate Stay Night. Me: From Food Wars.

[@Hariol_]

Me: Angel Beats

[@a_lost_one]

@@Hariol_ Came here to say this

[@waikeonglim7703]

I saw it in a frame of Kamen Rider OOO’s

[@YayapLives]

Food wars is just following a Shirou who never got caught in the fire and adopted by kiritsugu.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@Hariol_Thank you.

[@cinnabun-ysera]

I've always preferred my mapo tofu with soft (kinu) tofu. The 2-minute blanch makes it stand up to gentle stirring and take on flavors better, and it just has a superior texture over firm tofu.

[@Max19_08]

Another Anime with Alvin is another reason to stay away from important stuff and watch the video the second it pops up. YIPPIE

[@Cleo-h3x]

If you keep some chili oil and peppers in your pantry it's a great dish to make when you have to use up leftovers. Old tofu, whatever aromatics you have (onion, scallion, garlic, ginger, peppers, bell peppers) and whatever meat you have. You can substitute mushrooms for beef. Maybe not authentic but it's tasty..

[@DoubleADwarf]

I usually add Bok Choy and the scallion-whites to it while it cooks - not authentic by any means but I figure a bit of fiber never hurt anyone. I'll also mix some MSG into the salt and pepper I put into the meat (usually pork). I figure it's equal parts "haiyaa" and "fuiyoh."

[@PhatTrumpet2]

Can vouch for subbing in mushrooms for the meat. A restaurant I worked for did just that. Makes the dish vegan without sacrificing hardly any flavor/texture.

[@DieHard-Kun]

0:33 bro just flexed his chinese accent on us

[@PrayerWarrior4]

Bakugo, are you...Gordon Ramseys secret love child??

[@_TheBlackSpade_]

Calm down, Todoroki, it's 8 in the morning

[@QuinnGIn1080p]

Ramsay*

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

​@@_TheBlackSpade_telling Todoroki to calm down is so strange, dude rarely ever raises his voice even slightly and seems to be difficult to get excited under any circumstances. Don't get me wrong, easily one of my favorite characters in my hero but i can't think of any scenario where telling him to calm down makes sense.

[@NicoCrb]

🤣

[@freemovies411]

@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Precisely! Which is the correct thing to say is, "Todoroki, chill." ouo)/

[@forgottenhope26]

The priest smiles

[@spriteonmeth1080]

Yorokobe

[@TheDancingSnom]

Shounen.

[@ivanj46]

Kimi no negai wa,

[@axcelleria]

lol, I was about to comment about Kotomine Kirei as ambassador of Spicy Mapo Tofu but you're faster!

[@JoelDashReed]

Yorokobe shōnen.

[@averyeml]

I’m living in Chongqing right now and was in Chengdu last week! The people I was visiting took me to lunch and the place we went had some absolutely fire mapo tofu. Excited to see how to make some myself!

[@ohrats731]

That’s so cool!! I’ve been watching all of Blodie in China’s KZbin videos lately, learning about the Chinese provinces and regional foods. It must be so awesome to experience it for yourself, especially with the local hospitality! 🤩

[@coldstone01]

Grandparents' and parent's recipes are definitely part of a person's memories. awesome job here. I'm going to make some Mapo tofu for dinner tonight now.

[@jameswent48]

parents'*

[@changsiah2]

it also this episode technically count as a fate episode because I know a certain priest will love this

[@mix-n-match834]

It also count as Angel Beats episode! And like half a dozen of other anime.

[@TheSharkticon]

yorokobe

[@billqiu4692]

@@TheSharkticon shounen

[@kami_artzhi]

k

[@nocturnal-beats_]

Small shout out to a certain "angel's" favorite dish in the afterlife.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

Was looking for someone posting something like this because I was fairly certain this dish also was somehow important in "Angel Beats!".

[@promontorium]

@@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece Yes the show gave it much more attention. This is just a half second clip and nothing else.

[@JessicaTTG]

THANK YOU!

[@Chiller-pc1dv]

Yes, I remember that!

[@mnabillah]

I will now accept this as an Angel Beats episode

[@jaceon02]

a true man of culture i see

[@cross985]

now make the extremely spicy version to make priest kirei smiles

[@BHuang92]

It's one of my favorite dishes! My family knows how to make it and I'm glad it's being represented in anime!

[@kucinghoren7864]

It's kinda mainstream, a lot anime represent it.

[@saveoursquirrels4241]

@@kucinghoren7864it's okay to be happy about things that are commonplace

[@MaybeRay]

>mapo tofu >my hero academia the priest frowns.

[@JonManProductions]

Methinks Fate the anime isn't as well known as weebs think it is in the West... most probably only know the meme with the funny cat from Melty Blood or Alstofo.

[@illford]

@@JonManProductions i have heard of fate once, and that was in a Super Smash Bros mod, and that is as much as im willing to learn about the franchise

[@holierthanu1]

@@illford No one asked

[@HiddenWindshield]

@@holierthanu1 No one asked if anyone asked.

[@Raykkie]

@@JonManProductions I think the way he emphasized Mapo Tofu constantly was a reference to Fate

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

Video is about a tofu dish Also Video: starts of with Deku talking about fried chicken

[@honey-bagder3451]

It's not uncommon for traditional mapo tofu to contain meat. In China, tofu is not a lame meat substitution, its a prized ingredient in its own right.

[@connorburris4846]

​@@honey-bagder3451you missed the point. The video at the start lacked relevance.

[@Monochromatic_Spider]

@@connorburris4846 You missed how the video at the start ended? That's the reference.

[@promontorium]

Because it was only in the show for a fraction of a second. Many other animes have given more attention to this dish but I guess they wanted to shoehorn the newer one.

[@SSDConker2]

and Bakugo telling him to shut up because it was ruining the taste of his tofu

[@paulwagner688]

Kuga Terunori's mapo tofu from Food Wars! Set everyone's mouth on fire!

[@serpensviktorijewiczvonarm1011]

YOROKOBE SHONEN. ... Wait where's the Kirei clip.

[@kingofthenorth2297]

I'm glad this video came out today. Mha has officially ended today with 430 chapters. The ending was a bit iffy but i'm glad it has finally come to an end it's been a great 4 years since I started watching and reading it great series. Edit: well not today it ends on Sunday but yeah leaks came out today

[@BelBelle468]

I’m glad Horikoshi is finished With it. Dude had some serious issues in regards to it being axed which ultimately hurt the series over time. It’s a bit sad a series I loved and followed so consistently has ended and I wasn’t really there to see it.

[@mikachu3176]

​@@BelBelle468 :< so it was forced to end quicker than anticipated?

[@fenrirtheashenwolf7627]

@mika, it was not axed. The other guy meant that the author was very anxious at the start of MHA because this is his 3rd series. The first 2 were axed early.

[@Valmotrine]

You did Kirei dirty; not hot enough, not spicy enough

[@LZ2ME]

For anyone unaware, MHA officially ended today! This video made me smile-an awesome sendoff to the manga.

[@ukiyasenpai]

Technically, MHA hasn't officially ended yet since what came out was a leak and not the official release. The manga will officially end this Sunday at 12 midnight JST.

[@ModdingNewbie]

@@ukiyasenpai How far behind the manga is the anime?

[@ukiyasenpai]

@@ModdingNewbie They are getting closer.

[@dylnc9]

3:37 was wholesome

[@Iionios]

Outside the Anime-fandom: This is an example that I will point to righteously whenever someone mentions hating Tofu because it's vegetarian/vegan. Tofu is its own entity and can be used very well when you don't try to pretend it's a meat product. I'm a proud omnivore, but I get so frustrated when people write tofu off for being "gross" when they've only tried it in dishes that use it as a meat-substitute. Tofu is great, thank you for the recipe dish, the time, a peak into your personal traditions, and the culture.

[@chichibangbang3667]

Curry mapo tofu is a nice touch. Thanks Alvin and Rachel

[@sanspapyrus5452]

I like the idea deku would be a food critic if he wasn't a hero

[@farziakarim3087]

This reminds me of the, Tell us what you made, episode where Alvin made his grandpa's Mapo Tofu ❤

[@Brambleshadow15]

Alvin cooking a Sichuan dish outdoors over a wok is very sweetly reminiscent of Liziqi's videos. You love to see it!

[@idickman]

I love Ma Po Tofu, now I need to try the leftovers technique I really appreciate that Alvin always includes a way to make the most of the food, so the scraps don't get thrown out.

[@nicolyssa]

Bakugo’s spice tolerance is either a million or billion times better than the rest of the cast according to the movie tie in novel for MHA: You’re Next. (It has random series facts inside.)

[@KairuHakubi]

fun fact: the guy who introduced this to Nihon so Deku could have some.. is the father of Iron Chef Chinese Chen Kenichi.

[@SiKedek]

Yep - the late Chef Chen Kenmin!

[@mitchellmartin4580]

I've tried making sichuan-style mapo tofu before, but I didn't have the advantage of any family members who made it and I could never get the spice mix to taste the way I wanted. I'm really looking forward to trying this recipe!

[@user-Natsu2001]

Bakugou acted like a Karen when Deku talked about Fuyumi's cooking

[@AkiraHartono]

Dude, you somehow get a blue comment on the word "Deku"

[@alexrowley5014]

I made this for the first time yesterday and absolutely loved it, that leftovers version looks amazing too.

[@ryuusei1907]

Fuyumi would be proud.

[@jessetorres8738]

Today is August 1st. Happy Digimon Day, guys.

[@shadowednight1600]

After two mid anime, this isn't Digimon Day no more. This is MHA day now

[@BasilLecher]

@@shadowednight1600until Bakugo is no more, MHA day can wait.

[@quigglesnoopmcboop9087]

POKEMON ON TOP 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

​@@shadowednight1600come on, we don't have much, just let us have this!

[@Meerkat5]

Happy Digimon Day!

[@wipis59]

If you keep some chili oil and peppers in your pantry it's a great dish to make when you have to use up leftovers. Old tofu, whatever aromatics you have (onion, scallion, garlic, ginger, peppers, bell peppers) and whatever meat you have. You can substitute mushrooms for beef. Maybe not authentic but it's tasty.

[@leecarter2356]

Instead of Scallion, you can also try Garlic Sprouts 蒜苗. These are very commonly used in Chengdu and if I remember right, this is the way they served it when I had it at Chen's Mapo Tofu restaurant. Also, theirs was a little broken and crumbly which tasted great. There are also versions using soft tofu that are quite common. I'm glad you added the pickled chilies, because this is one of the most important ingredients for Sichuan cooking that's often overlooked. As for the Anime, I wonder if it's supposed to be Sichuan mapo tofu or Japanese mapo tofu. The flavors are completely different.

[@DrIgnacious]

Thank you Alvin for sharing your family recipe with us. Truly special.

[@honey-bagder3451]

My favorite dish in the whole world.

[@JudeFergy]

As someone who's never had tofu before, this is the first dish with it that actually makes me want to try it

[@dhawthorne1634]

I'm surprised you didn't make this one during Food Wars, but I'm glad you finally got around to it.

[@immortes]

Mapo Tofu is amazing!!

[@BugsyFoga]

Can’t be a coincidence that this comes out right after the Manga ends 😭

[@bookwurm99]

Video idea. Alvin vs his mom, babish vs his parental or other family member that inspired his cooking, and Kendall vs her person. Do a family recipe and rank it vs how their person made it. Maybe try to fancy it up vs how the original recipe is made? Great way to see personalities of hosts. If the inspiring family member isn't around anymore, sad.

[@justanotherguywithamoustac8893]

Now make it super spicy mapo tofu from Fate/Stay Night 😈

[@robertbrookes2000]

What with it's 15th anniversary upon us, how about Babish recreates the food from Coraline: - Roast chicken, with mash potatoes, rolls, sweet peas, corn on the cob served with a mango milkshake and welcome home cake (+ broccoli and stewed pears by the looks of the table) - Cotton Candy and Popcorn - Mushroom omelette with bacon, toast with jam and hot chocolate - Cocoa beetles from Zanzibar Also this year is the 20th anniversary of A Series of Unfortunate Events film. Now you've done pasta puttanesca from the show, but you haven't done: (Uncle Monty's) coconut cream cake or (Aunt Josephine's) chilled cucumber soup. If you wanted more, there's always the anxious clown burgers, with allergic reaction inducing peppermints (book & show included, film did not).

[@madcappiktures]

Love you guys!

[@HungryBurgerFan632]

The Mapo Tofu from My Hero Academia is cool, but I'd prefer if Alvin recreated the Hungry Burger from Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@boggybunny8338]

I use gochujang to add sweetness and colour! I love mapo

[@Bella_loves_music]

Bakugo is hilarious in this episode I love when he is aggressively asking for the recipe and Shoto is like “ don’t worry, I’ll have her send it to me so I can get it for you.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I just watched this episode last night But I’m surprised you didn’t do the curry, Katsudon and maybe cold soba

[@foxpendragon5917]

Ain’t no WAY you passed on Kirei sweating it up as he eats the most delectable plate of mapo tofu ever animated in the history of japanimation smh 💀💀💀

[@tgyk80642]

Day 222 of petitioning Babish/Alvin to make the Triple Fried Egg Sandwich with Chilli Sauce and Chutney from Red Dwarf.

[@harleylaufeyson6136]

Right in time a week before the manga ends. Also,how tf is Bakugou literally a tiny Gordon Ramsey

[@Amanda-zn7ox]

I first learned of this dish from the anime Angel Beats, and now I'm thinking about the finale and it's so beautiful and bittersweet and now I wanna cry more than if I got pepper juice in my eye. Not really, but I wanted to link it back to the dish.

[@suhben]

The thought of the sodium contents of that mapo tofu curry ramen terrifies me

[@user-vi9vf2bu4q]

it’s overkill forsure, the curry and egg would’ve been better on top of rice or plain noodles

[@mythicgriffon]

I love Mapo tofu, i'm going to have to try your version! Looks fantastic!

[@Mike_Ka-Chowski]

I will never not be impressed with Alvin's Andrew impression when doing the Squarespace ad read

[@RealHumanBean4U]

YOROKOBE SHOUNEN!

[@holierthanu1]

I don't want to admit it. But it seems... I like Anime with Alvin.

[@starboy35tcoos]

Gudao & Gudako: *Angrily hiss*

[@brandonludwig5977]

The ramen and egg reheated dish was genius

[@emilycrowley2525]

Me before the video started: Oh okay so it's chilli, tofu and spring onions, seems pretty simple. Me halfway through: OH

[@GiancarloPaniccia]

A lamb mapo tofu sounds AMAZING. This is easily my fave Chinese dish.

[@mrdubtee1873]

Thanks for sharing this with us, I look forward to making it!

[@cardnacn6704]

When I think of Mapo Tofu, I think Cooking Master boy/Chuuka ichiban first bc it's the first cooking anime I saw as a child. I know people think of Mapo Tofu from Food wars, Fate or Angel Beats but my first encounter with Mapo Tofu is from Chuuka Ichiban.

[@thatracecameraguy]

The NTY posted a recipe today for a Mapo Tofu variant. Looks like a case of parallel thinking.

[@themostselfishman]

This is beautiful. Chengdu has the most craveable food of any city. Sichuan peppercorns stand atop the spice world.

[@SweetSacrafice86]

I need an Anime with Alvin cookbook...I'm just sayin 😁

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

5:30 You were not joking when you said a generous amount of chile, lol

[@sailorjupoak]

I remember in the English dub of Iron Chef that, whenever Chen Kenichi, the Chinese Iron Chef, made mapo tofu, they dubbed it to seem like it was the hottest dish in the world! Maybe it is, since Bakugo loves it!

[@bramblebabe1352]

I haven't had mapo tofu in ages! I'll be sure to try out this recipe when I want something spicy.

[@LeahCooke-s3m]

The mapotofu curry...... your mind is incredible, I've never thought to do that with leftover mapotofu!!!! Definetly trying that the next time I make it. Could be sooner than I thought, I'm getting pretty hungry watching this... 👀

[@Aether_GM]

I went out and got the dish after work today. It is indeed very delicious. That tofu texture is divine

[@Alchemist009]

While I am not big on Spicy foods I did have the honor of having this made by Iron Chef Chen Kenichi and have tried to copy it since. I love how yours turned out and cannot wait to attempt it myself sometime.

[@OmegaErkz]

Mapo Curry Egg Noodles was the secret MVP of this video.

[@spacehead74]

Great video! My wife loves tofu and we try to eat it once or twice a month. I'll try this method soon!

[@Iamstickman]

You need to change the title to also include Fate Stay/Night Heaven's feel. This is Kirei Kotomine's favorite dish

[@Tim.Stotelmeyer]

In all the mapo tofu dishes I've had the tofu had been broken down into small pieces barely recognizable as tofu. I like the look of Alvins.

[@DoubleADwarf]

That buzzing/tingling/water tastes funny now sensation you get from Szechuan peppercorns is called "Ma La" and as I understand it, is a central point of that region's cooking!

[@ShenDoodles]

I love when anime makes fun of anime conventions. They always go so deep into the food for no reason.

[@talithacumiferguson8834]

I was never really a big fan of tofu, but after watching this video, I think I want to try a bowl of those Mapo Curry Noodles. It looks pretty tasty.

[@nipichinook]

I like the cooking set up!

[@RiderNexus]

Well this is certainly timely

[@Woobeewoo7718]

This video came out right around my bday and I consider it a gift

[@pathfindersavant3988]

Yorokobe, shonen. Your wish will at last soon come true.

[@ReaperUnreal]

Definitely one of the all-time best over-rice dishes.

[@Fallinghoshi]

“Everyone should try it once. Mapo tofu!!”

[@jameswent48]

Except me. I am allergic to MSG. It gives me hives, sadly.

[@Fallinghoshi]

@@jameswent48 my mom is too

[@SnugNap]

Fuyumi todoroki is such a nice and sweet character

[@TekkenGirl4Lyfe]

I clicked on this SOLELY to see if my fellow Fate fans were here. I was not disappointed.

[@Sekironprime]

ain't no way y'all called Kirei's famous dish from MHA

[@randomuser_PZKLHK]

EXACTLYYY

[@davidfitzsimmons2451]

Came to say just this

[@6kang971]

Yorokobe shonen intensifies

[@MarcoAce13]

Who?

[@AnDrei-nf5jb]

Homie just found out anime food inspired by real-life food can also exist in other animes.

[@notsosilentprotag]

I need to make this, I love Mapo Tofu, and love ordering it.

[@zelshamada_v]

Bakugou finally got the recipe! Looks amazing!

[@MaskedMan77882]

Can't wait to get myself distracted on my school laptop wishing it was lunch 🙃

[@meowcula]

I call this "sichuanese chili" and it fills that same culinary niche. Rich, hearty, full of flavour, dangerously spicy and savoury. I've seen it made with less meat (and I'd argue less is more in this case, I've tried it both ways) and with silken tofu (I prefer the firm)

[@robertrappaport3610]

I only tried Mayo tofu last year, but it’s become one of my favorite comfort dishes ever since.

[@jameswent48]

Mapo*

[@h1murashi]

OGs know that this should have been a Cooking Master Boy episode.

[@vanjl86]

Now add some noodles and a giant meatball to it