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Old Beijing cuisine: delicious and affordable fried tofu

Tofu is a very common ingredient, tofu is very nutritious, there are many ways, of which fried tofu is my favorite to eat. The fried tofu mentioned here is not the tofu fried during the New Year's Festival, and after frying, it is left to stew various dishes, or stewed meat, which is said to be a kind of early - fried tofu. Fried tofu belongs to the old Beijing snack, in the past, Beijingers referred to "fried tofu" and "fried bean noodle balls" soup collectively as "fried tofu". At that time, there were those who specialized in selling "fried tofu", there were also those who specialized in selling "fried bean noodle balls", and more were boiling "fried tofu" and "fried bean noodle balls". Now, there are no more stalls and stalls selling snacks and breakfast, and the stalls that walk through the streets and alleys and the stalls in the alleys and alleys have gradually disappeared.

Old Beijing cuisine: delicious and affordable fried tofu

Nowadays, in the Huguo Temple, Ya'er Li Ji and other snack bars, there are also sellers of this snack, many old Beijingers like to follow this bite of the old Beijing traditional way of eating - fried tofu and croquette soup mixed to eat, generally old Beijing only eat this way, most diners or eat alone. Don't look at this snack seems to be a "soup", but the method can be said to be very exquisite. Otherwise, it would be impossible to be sought after for so many years among the old Beijingers who were picky about "eating". "Fried tofu", is to cut fresh tofu with a knife into triangular slices, its thickness is about one finger thick, put these triangular tofu slices into the oil pot, fry until browned, you can fish out and put in the fence to cool, the New Year to eat fried tofu recipe is similar. When frying tofu, wait until the tofu slices are floating on the surface of the oil, and then stir them with chopsticks to make both sides brown.

Old Beijing cuisine: delicious and affordable fried tofu

The above two pictures, one is the practice of the Huguo Temple, one is the practice of The Crow Li Ji, each has its own characteristics, one figure is to absorb enough water, bulging; the other is that the taste is relatively hard, the soup is more delicious, and it is very good. The sellers of "fried tofu" are filled with water in a large pot and then put into the "material package", the different smells of these spices are fused with a small amount of salt in the water, etc., and the soup itself has a unique flavor. After the soup is boiled, put the fried tofu slices into the boil, and when the tofu slices are soft, you can eat. "Fried tofu soup" is spicy and tender, the soup is delicious, after buying a bowl of "fried tofu", it is served with oil cakes, baked cakes and other foods, and the soup and soft tofu are eaten and drunk beautifully. In the cold winter, eat a bowl of "fried tofu", the chili oil in the soup will stimulate the eater to sweat, and relieve hunger and cold. If you have drunk all the soup in the bowl, you can continue it until the guests have finished eating.

Old Beijing cuisine: delicious and affordable fried tofu

Breakfast was eaten like this, it was really nice and moist. I don't know what you like to eat fried tofu? If there are any recommended restaurants, you are also welcome to leave a message to communicate together, so that I also have the opportunity to feast on it

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