Vegetarian chicken is a traditional soy food widely distributed in central and southern China. It is made from vegetarian meat, with a texture and taste that is indistinguishable from the original meat. It has a unique flavor. It uses tofu skin (thousand sheets, not oily skin) as the main ingredient, rolls it into a round stick shape, ties it tightly and cooks it, slices and oils it, and stir-fries it with seasonings. A delicious dish. It can also be made into fish shape, shrimp shape and other shapes.

Preparation method 1

Materials

Ingredients: Tofu skin (1,000 pieces) (300 grams)

Seasoning: red glutinous rice ( 1g) Ginger (3g) MSG (2g) White sugar (5g) Peanut oil (30g) Soy sauce (15g) preferably white soy sauce

Production process

1. Spray tofu skins (thousands of pieces) with water until soft;

2. After spraying, spread each tofu skin flat, overlap each other and roll tightly, place on a clean cloth and wrap into a round stick shape , tie tightly with fine linen rope; 3. Set the wok over high heat, add water, add the tofu skin rolls, cook for 50 minutes, take them out, cool and untie them

Ingredients for making vegetarian chicken

Tine hemp rope, remove the cloth, and cut into 1.5 cm thick slices;

4. Return the wok to high heat, add peanut oil, heat until 80% hot, add the tofu skin slices to the pot and cook Oil for half a minute, pour into a colander to drain off the oil;

5. Leave the bottom oil in the wok, put it back on the high heat, add the red glutinous rice and ginger slices and stir-fry, add some water, and then put down the tofu skin slices , add white soy sauce, sugar and MSG, stir-fry a few times and it's ready.

Preparation method 2

Ingredients: four pounds of dried tofu

Ingredients: soda, noodle base, aniseed, pepper, cinnamon, bay leaf, chili, soybean oil, etc.

1. Cut the dry tofu into three sections, about an inch wide, into strips. Boil the water, add the loose dry tofu, and at the same time, add peanut-sized portions of soda flakes and soda flakes to the boil for 7- 10 minutes.

2. Remove and drain. Wrap in gauze while hot. Place the bag in a square draining utensil and compact it for 15 minutes.

3. Take out and cut into 2 cm thick slices, about 7 cm square, and fry them into shapes.

4. When the water is boiling, add aniseed, soy sauce, bay leaves, cinnamon, and pepper. It is best to add chicken soup. Add the fried dried tofu. When the soup is almost dry, take it out and cool it down. Can be eaten cold or stir-fried.

Technical Tips

1. To make vegetarian chicken, the sheets must be rolled and tied tightly, and boiled thoroughly with water. The finished product will be soft but hard, and the texture and taste will be like chicken;

2. Due to the frying process, 500 grams of peanut oil needs to be prepared.

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