According to historical records, Emperor Kangxi loved to eat light dishes with soft texture and delicious taste. Once when he visited the south, he stayed in the yamen of the Weaving House in Cao Yin, Suzhou. In order to meet the driver and serve the emperor well, Cao Yin sent people to purchase a large number of delicacies from all over the country, and ordered the famous chefs to handle them carefully. But it was not to Emperor Kangxi's taste, and the delicacies tasted like chewing wax, which made Cao Yin anxious.

Cao Yin searched hard in many ways, and finally invited the famous chef Zhang Donggong from Suzhou "Deyuelou" restaurant with a lot of money. He was asked to make light, refreshing and Suzhou-specific dishes in order to please the emperor. Zhang Donggong racked his brains and tried his best to make a delicious dish with attractive color, fragrance and taste.

This dish is very suitable for Kangxi's taste. After tasting it, I am extremely satisfied. This dish is delicious, because it is made of tofu and eight kinds of ingredients, and the emperor named it "Babao tofu soup". When he returned to Beijing, he sent a decree to bring Zhang Donggong back to Beijing, and rewarded him with five top hats to work in the imperial kitchen. From then on, this sweet bean curd soup was often served on the imperial table, and Kangxi appreciated it very much and never got tired of eating it for a long time. Later, it was given as a palace treasure to the minister who returned home after retirement. The imperial kitchen specially printed the formula of "eight treasures bean curd soup", and all the ministers who received the reward went to the imperial kitchen to collect the formula. The high-ranking emperor thought he was a mighty emperor, but he didn't know that the princes and ministers who went to receive the formula had to honor the imperial kitchen with a lot of "tips" and complained bitterly, so the imperial kitchen made a fortune.

Method for making sweet bean curd soup:

Raw materials: tender bean curd 251g, shrimp, chicken, ham, water shield, mushrooms, melon seeds and pine nuts 41g each, and appropriate amounts of chives, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce, salt and thick chicken soup.

Method:

1. Cut tofu, ham, shrimp, chicken, etc. into dices;

2. Heat the wok. When the oil is hot, add all kinds of fried chicken soup, add all kinds of seasonings and stew it into a soup.

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