CC-CEDICT identifies 麻婆豆腐, má pó dòu fǔ, as mapo tofu, a beancurd dish in chilli sauce.
What the reference establishes#
This lexical entry identifies a dish name and a selected description. It does not establish the biography of a dish’s inventor or a detailed account of its creation. An origin story needs an identified historical source before being presented as fact.
Questions to use in practice#
For a menu, ask about the actual preparation, including minced meat, stock, cooking fat and sauces if those matter to your diet. A tofu-based name does not certify a meat-free recipe. For historical research, separate a restaurant’s own origin account from independent documentation and label uncertainty instead of inventing a scene.
Scope and source#
The questions are newly written editorial guidance. This article is not a personal visit report, a complete recipe, a dietary certification or a verified biography.
Lexical sense adapted from CC-CEDICT contributors, distributed by MDBG, retrieved 23 October 2026, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The selected gloss is abridged and numbered pinyin converted to tone marks.