What is gray tofu

Ash tofu is a folk dish commonly used by the people of Daochen Gelao-Miao Autonomous County, Zheng'an County, Xieba Miao Gelao Township, Zheng'an County, Shiping Miao Gelao Township, and Wuchuan Miao Gelao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, in the New Year's festivals and feasts of the happy days. It has a delicious flavor and is rich in 17 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body. Listening to the local people describe, this dish can prevent acid reflux, stomach bleeding and so on.

Gray tofu, also known as tofu fruit, also known as gray tofu fruit to soybeans as raw materials, will be ground into the tofu cut into small pieces, the shape of the square, long, triangular, rhombus shaped vary, the meat into a spongy or hollow. The production method is special, the tofu processed into tofu block, cut into small cubic blocks with a knife, the first alkali ash (tung shell ash can be, but the authentic original flavor or the need to use wild grass ash) stirring the tofu to absorb its moisture, about 10 hours, batches of people put in the pot with ash fried bubble fried yellow that is. The process is always ash, so it is called gray tofu. If the tofu is dried and used, it will not deteriorate for a long time. Whether it is just out of the pot or kang dry gray tofu, mixed with boiled pig's feet, chicken, dog meat and other foods, can be used for braised, fried, hot pot side dishes, etc., mixed cooking for more than 15 minutes, that is, into a loose bubble soft, fresh and tasty feast delicacies. But before cooking the special washing system, you need to use warm water (preferably with rice soup, rice water) foam, and then soak in water.