"Jianmen Tofu" refers to the unique tofu produced in Jianmen Pass, Jianmen Shudao Scenic Area, Jiange County, Sichuan Province.
Craft Features The bean curd in Jianmenguan Town is made of soybeans produced in gravel sand in Jianmen Mountain area and "Quanjian" water from Jianmen 71 Peak, which is soaked, ground, filtered, boiled, pulped and dehydrated. Jianmen tofu is white in color, tender and delicious, not astringent in taste, fragrant and strong in toughness. More than 200 kinds of dishes can be made by cooking methods such as frying, frying, frying, roasting, stewing, steaming, boiling and cold salad.
Innovation tofu
Now go to Jianmenguan to eat tofu, and you can also eat its innovative dishes! The so-called innovative tofu can be divided into two types: shaping and flavoring. The former is like well tofu, with a glass upside down in the middle of a white plate, two-thirds of which is clear water, and a small lotus carved from a radish floating on the water. The shopkeeper said after serving the table: the cup is for viewing, don't touch it. The assorted tofu around the cup is edible. Diners eat, watch and guess how this dish is made, and a meal adds a lot of excitement for no reason.
The typical flavor-making dish is pregnant tofu. This is a pictographic plate with a dozen golden oval tofu balls on it. The whole plate of pregnant tofu is like a pregnant female rabbit. Rabbit's belly is egg-wrapped tofu and tofu-wrapped meat, with distinct layers and different tastes.
For thousands of years, the people of Jianmen have created many methods to make and cook tofu, and gradually formed a famous local product with remarkable characteristics. Compared with tofu in other places, it has four outstanding characteristics: first, the color is white; Second, the texture is tender; Third, the toughness is extremely strong, regardless of cutting, supporting, opening and breaking, it is handy, free to shape, not broken or rotten; Fourth, it tastes delicious, even the tofu produced in Jiange County, 30 kilometers away from Jianmen, is not comparable. It is reported that experts in making and cooking tofu will be invited from counties and other places, but the tofu produced is quite different in color and taste. There are three reasons: first, the soybean seeds in Jianmenshan area are in rocky sandy land, the soil is dry and well ventilated, and the soybean protein and fat content are high; Second, the water for making Jianmen tofu is the spring water of the 72 nd peak of Jianmen, which is rich in mineral spring ingredients, so tofu is particularly delicious; Third, the production method is exquisite and exquisite, and the technique is unique.
Jianmen ham is a famous product in Jiange County. Its claws are bent and its legs are straight, its legs are full, its color is golden, it looks like a harp, its knife work is smooth, its cut surface is red as fire, its fat is milky white, and its meat is dry and elastic. Its taste is pure and fragrant, salty and delicious, fat but not greasy, thin but not embedded. Jianmen ham has exquisite materials and unique technology, and the finished product is famous for its color, fragrance, taste and shape. It is said that Jianmen ham is usually made from the first year of solstice winter to the early spring of the second year of solstice winter. It is made of pig hind legs with thin legs and fresh fat. Jianmen ham can be directly steamed into dishes, and can also be used as a seasoning ingredient for high-grade Sichuan cuisine. The wonderful taste can only be realized by going to Jiange.