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I would just like to interject for a moment. Mapo tofu does not use 'hot sauce' as understood in the common parlance. It uses doubanjiang, a very specific ferme

I would just like to interject for a moment. Mapo tofu does not use 'hot sauce' as understood in the common parlance. It uses doubanjiang, a very specific fermented paste of chilis and broad beans. It is not saucy; it's very thick like gochujang. I take issue with calling doubanjiang hot sauce and I really don't want anyone to try to make mapo tofu with normal hot sauce.

ErroneousBosh 8mo ago
You can actually just spread gochujang on things like Marmite. You probably shouldn't, but you can. It can be a bit full on, so remember, spread it on like Marmite. Not like Nutella, unless you're really in the mood for a lot of flavour.