Is ma tofu spicy? Is the belly fried? Don't think of it that way

Beijing snacks and Beijing are as famous as Beijing, not to mention the Beijing fried sauce noodles, not to mention the Beijing roast duck, just the taste of the bean juice, it is enough to make people reminisce for half a day. What are the special snacks in Beijing? Here's a list of some of them.

Bean juice

Soybean juice belongs to naturally fermented soy products, the main fermentation microorganisms are actually lactococcus lactic acid, in addition to lactobacillus, streptococcus and other microorganisms involved in the fermentation process of soybean juice. The sour odor produced in soybean juice is mainly organic acids, sulfur-containing compounds and furans, especially methanethiol, methyl sulfide, furan, only requires a very low concentration to make you smell particularly "stimulating".

Hemp tofu

Stir-fried ma tofu, like bean juice, is also a favorite Beijing snack of old Beijingers. Legend has it that it has become a folk food as early as the early Ming Dynasty. Its raw materials are also the same as bean juice, which is the scrap for making mung bean starch and vermicelli. Hemp tofu is grayish white, slightly green, and is fried with mutton oil, and the taste is much milder than that of bean juice.

Brine and cook over high heat

The brine is a delicacy made with pork intestines, lungs, fried bean bubbles, two or three slices of pork belly and sliced pork belly, and boiled in brine soup. The flexibility of the small intestine, the soft rot of the lungs, the aroma of the old soup, the grease of the animal's internal organs, the simple deliciousness, let people have a strong sense of satisfaction.

Stir-fried liver

In fact, there is not only liver in the fried liver, but also pork intestines. And the method is not fried, but boiled. A qualified fried liver is actually a mixture of pork intestines and pork liver, then drizzled with garlic sauce, green onions, mushroom soup, and finally starchy, and then drizzled with garlic puree before leaving the pot. When eating fried liver, you can't use chopsticks and spoons, you have to suck along the edge of the bowl and drink, the liver, intestines and soup are sucked into the mouth together, and there is a strong garlic aroma.

Burst your belly

Burst belly is actually a general term, which can be divided into beef belly and sheep belly. Many people have not seen the belly explosion before, will always be mistaken for "stir-fry", in fact, not, although the belly has three kinds of oil explosion, salt explosion, water explosion, but for Beijingers, it also refers to "water explosion belly". The fried belly is fragrant, fresh, crisp and tender, and it is best to have fresh ingredients.

Fry the enema

The enema was originally filled with red yeast starch with spices in the large intestine of the pig, and then wrapped in a paste made of flour and spices on the outside of the intestine, sliced and fried. Later, the production process changed, using only the starch noodles mixed with spice water to steam and cook into lumps, and then sliced and fried.

Pea yellow

Pea yellow is mainly made of peeled dried peas and white sugar as the main raw materials, which are nutritious and healthy and natural. Pea yellow This old Beijing snack food as its name, square blocky pea yellow throughout the body bright yellow, the finished color is light yellow, delicate, pure, looks sweet and delicious.

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