Suzhou dried bean curd

Produced in Suzhou, Jiangsu. Fresh cylindrical soybean is used as raw material, and the finished product is made by preparing materials, removing impurities, soaking, grinding, pulping, boiling, solidifying, squeezing, forming, frying, marinating, cooling and packaging. In the process of processing, according to the product characteristics and temperature changes, the soaking time of soybeans is strictly controlled. In winter, watercress concave chamber nine becomes the best, and summer seven becomes the best. According to the daily output, soak in barrels and time-sharing, rinse after soaking is mature, and then add clean water to grind. Soybean milk is semi-mushy, and separated by adding clear water, which is divided into four times, three times for cold pulp separation and one time for hot pulp separation. The first pulp is required to be dry, the second pulp is clear and the third pulp is clean. The cooking of soybean milk adopts one-time steam-turning cooking, with three openings and three retreats, so that the soybean milk is fully and evenly heated. Strictly control the concentration and temperature of soybean milk during solidification, and add a proper amount of natural bittern as coagulant according to the concentration and temperature. It is made into white blank through the processes of flower spotting, cylinder expansion, cylinder turning, water pumping, upper pressing and pressing. It is moderate in hardness, rigorous in structure and elastic. After slicing, frying in oil pans at different temperatures, first expanding and then setting. After frying, the blank is golden in color, with a certain cortex and looseness. And then cooking, i.e. boiling the blank with high pressure to be soft, then gradually adding various auxiliary materials and natural spices, cooking at low pressure, collecting glue, and then expanding the pot, taking out the pot and cooling. The marinated bean curd is often used as a cold dish platter at banquets, and it is also a street snack. Suzhou dried bean curd is a geographical indication protection product.
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