Yang shou dou fu yuan

Yangshou bean curd is a special food in Yangshou Town, Hanjiang District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Tofu Yuan, a common name in Yangzhou dialect, is a dish similar to braised lion's head. Historically, almost every family in Yangshou Town made tofu, producing tofu products such as salted tofu, gypsum tofu, tofu balls, tofu skin rolls, stinky big yuan, hundred pages, leather sticks, etc. Even now, the tofu products in Yangshou Town are famous in Yangzhou. Among Yang Shou's tofu products, Tofu meatballs are the most distinctive. "Tofu meatballs" are also called vegetarian meatballs. According to the records of Hanjiang County, tofu balls have appeared in Yangshou since the Qing Dynasty. In history, every family in Yangshou has the custom of making tofu balls to show that they are clean and round. The raw materials of the bean curd of Yangshou are very particular. The main raw material of the bean curd is fresh and superior black beans, which should be made with bittern after being ground into soybean milk. After the bean curd is made, don't put it into the water, just drain the yellow water on the template, then put it into a container, and add the diced meat, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, dried shrimps, fresh shellfish, green onions, diced ginger and various condiments to stir. In order to keep it fresh, tender and delicious, it needs to be added. Later, in order to facilitate firing and carrying, they made flat tofu balls like today, which were made by frying with oil in a flat iron pan. Tofu dumplings can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as braised, steamed, served in hot pot and stewed; The taste is tough and tender, with rich bean flavor and rich nutrition, which is deeply liked by the masses. This production technique has a history of more than 100 years. In the past, it was mainly passed down from family to family in Yangshou Town, and now it is also passed down from master to apprentice. At present, there are dozens of productions.
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