Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2012

This was great! The only substitution I did was replace the hot bean sauce with Huy Fong's Chili Garlic sauce. Extremely easy and extremely delicious, didn't taste extremely heavy or greasy. Excellent over white rice, with broccoli on the side (might also be good to put broccoli or Chinese long beans in with all other ingredients).

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nevarbackwards

Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2011

My daughters are vegetarian, so I left out the meat, and I was winging it at suppertime (late!), so I didn't have everything. In my version I used olive oil, no meat.. didn't know what hot bean sauce so I put in some white miso (1 tbsp) instead. My daughter--who doesn't like sesame seeds, and I did use the roasted sesame oil--thinks this dish is keeper. So do I :)

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Sep. 22, 2011

This is a very delicious recipe. It tastes like the restaurant style! Thanks!

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jennifertse10

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: San Francisco, California, USA

Living In: Alameda, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2011

thanks!

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opihi

Reviewed: Dec. 10, 2010

i love this recipe! i used to make mabo tofu from a mix, but lately i'm trying to make things from scratch to avoid the chemicals that come in processed foods. this was easy to make & you know exactly what goes in it! i put in eggplant & green peppers & that really added to the dish. i used leftover ham instead of ground pork & it turned out great. also used red chili sauce instead of the hot bean sauce. basically, anything spicy should work. thanks for sharing a great recipe. definitely will make again.

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cilantro7

Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 3, 2010

This recipe is delicious. I didn't have any hot bean sauce so I substituted a mixture of miso paste and chili garlic sauce. I also substituted onion chives for the green onion. I bet the original recipe is even better, but my modified version was still yummy.

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sphericon

Reviewed: May 9, 2010

I substituted green beans for pork (not a meat eater). Delicious and simple -- I had all of the ingredients, save the tobanjan, on hand. Thanks!

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Jennifer

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2010

I followed this recipe exactly and it turned out great. I used low sodium tamari instead of regular soy sauce. It was still a little on the salty side I thought....but good anyway.

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