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How is tofu loaf made?

Tofu brain that is tofu flower, also known as old tofu, soybean flower, is the use of soy protein made of high nutrient food. It is mainly divided into two ways of eating: sweet and savory. Generally speaking, the sweet food is mainly distributed in southern China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, while the savory food is northern China. Soybean flower production must first soak soybeans, depending on the species or personal preference about 4 to 8 hours, once the soybeans are full of water and then to be pulped, filtered, boiled, and then cooled down to 90 ° C. The final step is called "punch soybean protein", which is a high nutrient food. The final step is known as "brewing bean curd", which means that it needs to be brewed into the coagulant bean curd and then left to stand for 5 to 15 minutes to complete. The key to the deliciousness of the bean curd lies in the temperature control of the soymilk and the coagulant, as well as the speed and skill of the brewing process.

Materials: tender bean curd, starch, vermicelli, celery, daikon (you can also use squeezed tofu brain vegetables), crispy peanuts, oil chili peppers, soy sauce, vinegar, MSG, peppercorns, strips of meat (you can use braised beef or shredded chicken, which are the two most authentic beef huazhong put in, respectively, called beef bean curd brain and shredded chicken bean curd brain, I use bacon strips instead of strips).

Practice

1. dashi cut small dices, celery chopped;

2. about 50G of starch, we made four big bowls;

3. starch into water starch with water, not too thin, not too thick, water, just barely over the starch can be;

4. pot of boiling four bowls of water, water slowly pouring into water starch, be sure to slowly pour, while pouring, and then the water is not too thin, but the starch can be used. To pour slowly, while pouring and stirring, otherwise it is going to be lumpy affect the taste, to be boiled bubbling;

5. With a spatula gently peeled off the thin slices of bean curd;

6. Will be peeled off the slices of bean curd and gently put into the boiled starch paste, to be boiled again can be;

7. Take a bowl of the pouring into the right amount of soy sauce, vinegar, oil chili pepper, peppercorns, monosodium glutamate (MSG). Another net pot with water to cook the fans;

8. Scoop into the soybean flower starch paste into the bowl, filled with about six, seven full, and then put into the appropriate amount of boiled fans;

9. Sprinkle with chopped celery, diced cabbage, crispy peanuts can be!

There are also places where tofu brain is served as a dessert with cinnamon and sweet sauce.

Eating Guide

Savory Eating Method

When eating tofu brain, you can put a handful of swollen potato flour into a bamboo colander, put it into boiling water for a while

and then put it into a bowl equipped with more than ten seasonings such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), chicken essence, white soy sauce, red soy sauce, red oil chili peppers, chopped pepper, chopped ginger, chopped sprouts, chopped mustard greens, sesame oil and other seasonings, and then put boiling Tofu brain served in a bowl. Only put green onions, celery leaves, crispy soybeans, fried flowers, deep-fried nuts, deep-fried noodle is vegetarian tofu brain; and then add a handful of silver threads like shredded chicken breast is chicken shredded tofu brain; if you add a spoon of marinade, chili peppers, peppercorns, ginger, cumin, Pixian soybean petals, star anise, Sannai, fennel, rock sugar, refined salt boiled beef broth is beef tofu brain.