Spicy tofu, also known as "ma po tofu" is a Sichuan cuisine. Mapo Tofu is one of the traditional dishes of Sichuan Province, China, the main ingredients are ingredients and tofu, the main ingredients are tofu, minced beef, chili peppers and peppercorns. The dish highlights the "spicy" characteristics of Szechuan cuisine, as the hemp comes from the peppercorns and the spiciness comes from the chili peppers. Spicy tofu was first created in the first year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty, and was first served in Chengdu by the Wanfu Bridge. Due to the continuous efforts of successive generations of Chen Ma Po Tofu, Chen Ma Po Sichuan Restaurant has been famous for more than one hundred and forty years.

It was founded in the beginning of the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty and opened in Wanfu Bridge in the northern suburbs of Chengdu. Originally known as Chen Xingsheng Restaurant, the chef was the wife of Chen Chunfu. Chen's cooking tofu color red, beef grains crispy, numb, spicy, fragrant, crispy, tender, hot, shape whole, very rich Sichuan flavor characteristics, Chen's tofu will soon be famous for broadcasting the world, the food seekers tend to rush, the literati will often be here. There are good people to see its Chen's face with pockmarks, they play for "Chen Ma Po tofu", the word went around so as to be a beautiful story. The restaurant was thus named "Chen Ma Po Tofu Shop". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Ma Po Tofu was listed as a famous food in Chengdu.

Ma Po Tofu is one of the most flavorful local specialties among Chinese tofu dishes, and it has become a famous Sichuan dish that is popular all over the world. Liu, who had pockmarks on her face, was known as Chen Ma Po. The dish she created was known as "Chen Ma Po Tofu", and her food store was later called "Chen Ma Po Tofu Shop", published by the Chengdu General Newspaper Company in 1909.

This dish is characterized by the "burning" method of cooking, in the snow-white tender tofu, dotted with brownish-red minced beef and green green garlic seedlings, surrounded by a circle of translucent red oil, such as jade inlaid with amber, with numbness, spiciness, scalding, tenderness, crispy, fragrant, fresh and unique flavor.