As the name implies, pepper tofu should be a dish made of pepper and tofu. However, you may not understand that Heyang Chili bean curd is actually a three-part food, and it is a dish to be eaten as a meal. The three parts of food are made separately, and they are combined into one when eating. The three parts of food are: boiled tofu; Pepper; Fried dumplings.
Boil tofu. Add some pepper and salt to the boiling water pot. Cut the tofu into chains and cook until the tofu floats on the water. The book Talking about Heyang thinks that the purpose is to "eliminate the pulp smell in tofu" and says: "After the tofu is boiled in water, it just floats on the water. If the time is too early, the tofu is not full of pulp, the seasoning fails to penetrate into the tofu, and the food is tasteless; If it is too late, the tofu will harden, and the food will not only be soft and delicious, but also will not snore when caught on chopsticks. " (1) The word "snoring" here refers to a trembling state, indicating that tofu is soft and elastic.
Red pepper. Or red pepper. Use clear oil or big oil, mainly vegetable oil, and it is best to add a proper amount of big oil. Put oil in the pan, make it red, and let it cool down. Pour in the Chili noodles, then spoon up the red oil and pour it back. This kind of "lifting soup to stop boiling" is to mix the big oil, clear oil and Chili noodles evenly, and to avoid the Chili oil from burning, discoloring and rancidity due to excessive oil temperature. In the Lujing area of Heyang, a small amount of vinegar and soy sauce was also poured. The so-called Chili is actually burning Chili oil, which is red oil. Chili oil is used, not oil Chili noodles.
Fried dumplings. It is made of tofu slices or pieces, fat sausage segments or knots, fat slices, fresh vegetables and vegetables, and fried. There are also onions, vermicelli, vegetables, meatballs, tofu, kelp slices and other materials, fried in big oil, with a small amount of broth and various seasonings. This is a dish established by myself, or it seems that Shaanxi people are often ashamed to eat noodles. However, is it shameful? People in Heyang have different opinions. The book about Heyang is called "Fried Sister-in-law". Shi Yaozeng, a senior folklorist in Heyang County, believes that this is not a shame, but a "gift". When we say "take care of children", we mean what we carry. In the eyes of Heyang people, the most important thing to eat Chili tofu is to cook tofu, also called white tofu; Followed by pepper, which is also very important. Without it, it is not enough, not enough; Finally, this may be a dish you think. When eating this kind of Chili bean curd, tofu accounts for three quarters, while taking care of children only accounts for one quarter of the controversy, which also confirms the meaning of "taking it from".
When eating, first put the tofu in the pot into the bowl with a colander. When the pot caught fire, the tofu became hot. Then, scoop a spoonful of jiaozi and pour a spoonful of spicy oil. Jiaozi and spicy oil are both spicy, and should even be spicy. Heyang's Chili bean curd must be eaten while it is hot. If you want to eat while it is hot, your heart is hot and your body is hot.
Heyang people hold weddings and funerals. As soon as the chef invited them to help them get in place, they immediately began to make Chili tofu. Whether guests or helpers come, they will eat Chili bean curd. When eating, you should eat tofu and leeks in the bowl first, and the oil soup left at the bottom of the bowl is used to make steamed buns. Steamed buns are steamed buns specially for weddings and funerals. The Chili bean curd in Heyang has a heavy oil and gas, so most people kill pigs when they do things. Pepper bean curd is basically made of broth. Heyang people are kind, especially at weddings and funerals. No matter how much you eat, the host will give it to you when he sees that there is nothing in your bowl. Unless you put down your chopsticks, you are full. A formal banquet for four or six small cold dishes. There are green peppers mixed with coriander, shredded radish, bean sprouts, spinach and celery.
Heyang's Chili bean curd is made by people at weddings and funerals. Not only eat it yourself, but also give it to the guests at home. Also sent to local villagers. Everyone in the same lane, street or even village has a bowl. Sending in advance is like sending a notice, which means inviting volunteers to help. It also has the function of matchmaking. If it was a little disharmony in the past for various reasons, sending a bowl of Chili bean curd shows that we hope to restore normal relations between villagers and ask for understanding on our own initiative.
Heyang people's cultural level is not low, and they are very particular about life taste. Reflected in Chili bean curd: they pay attention to selecting exquisite bowls filled with Chili bean curd and call such exquisite tableware "products" Whoever uses good tableware at home will be said to have "goods"; Whoever does a good job in weddings and funerals will be said to be "doing things well"; Whoever can eat Chili bean curd will be said to be "good at it". It's all a word "product".
In other words, in the case of sending Chili bean curd to the villagers, it is also very "tasty". It's usually delivered on a fairly large plate. Some big plates, 1.5 meters long and 70-80 centimeters wide, have convex edges and iron rings on both sides and are carried by two people. It used to be wooden boards, but now it's mostly iron plates. You must also gently say: Chili bean curd is "delicious" and delivered to your door, so please ask your old people and children to taste it.
Chili bean curd is generally loved by people in Heyang, but the most favorite, the most eaten and the most exquisite is Lujing area in Heyang. People here, on holidays or weddings, banquets for relatives and friends, Chili bean curd is an essential dish. "Talking about Heyang" wrote: Chili bean curd "is full of a big bowl, red and fragrant, with oil stains. When copying chopsticks, the tofu blocks are alive, and when they enter, they are flickering and fragrant. It can be said that the color, smell and taste are all good, which makes people covet. " The "fudge" here is similar to the so-called "fudge".