Preparation method of Raoyang tofu

Han Yu, the founder of Raoyang Tofu, made a living by selling tofu in Raoyang Chengguan. As early as the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, he became a famous flavor food in Raoyang area because of his exquisite materials. Han Yu's operation method is to cook soup with chicken and pork, then add cinnamon, clove, fennel and aniseed, and then add fried sauce. Cook until the chicken is crisp and rotten and the soup is mellow and not greasy. When eating, the bowl is filled with fresh and tender bean curd, then poured with the cooked brine soup, and then added with Chili oil, sesame oil and coriander. When a bowl of delicious and crisp tofu brain is placed in front of diners, it will make people salivate if they don't eat it.

After the death of Han Yu, his nephew Yan Fuxiang succeeded to the throne. 1934, he took his son Yan Haiting to Tianjin and rented a mountain house in the middle of Xiguan Street to sell Raoyang bean curd. Soon, due to its unique flavor, when diners tasted a completely different flavor from other bean curd, they were well received by Tianjin citizens and their business flourished rapidly. After liberation, the frontispiece was expanded in1February 1949. 1956 was listed as a state-owned industry, and 1958 was rated as a high-quality food in Tianjin Food Exhibition.

Later, a new food-Raoyang smoked sausage was developed on this basis. Because of its special flavor, it is unique in color, fragrance and taste. Smoked materials have broken the technology of others using sugar to smoke. They use sawdust of pine and cypress, so the smoked sausage has the taste of pine and cypress, and makes the flies smell fragrant, non-sticky, tender outside, easy to store, and will not deteriorate for five or six days (because it has not yet). Therefore, Raoyang smoked sausage was rated as a municipal quality food because of its high quality.

Tofu is a traditional snack with a long history in Raoyang County, Hebei Province. It has a history of 180 years.

Raoyang tofu has 14 kinds of materials, including soybean, Raoyang black sauce, flour, lard, pork, fennel seeds, aniseed, vinegar, chicken, leek and cinnamon. The work is meticulous, divided into soaking beans and grinding pulp, preparing seasonings, preparing hanging soup and marinating soup. Eat it in spring and autumn. First put tofu in a bowl, then add gluten slices, leeks and sesame oil, and pour in the prepared marinated soup. Snacks are nutritious and contain 40% protein. They are delicious, but they won't get tired after eating for a long time.