lead: homemade spiced dried bean curd, don't cook it directly in the marinade, add one more step to make it taste better.

The marinated food can attract people's appetite both in taste and appearance, and there are various ingredients available for marinating, not only all kinds of meat can be marinated, but also bean products are often used in marinating, especially tofu, bean skin and yuba. It is even more popular among the public. Perhaps most people will choose to buy ready-made food in the lo mei shop, but in fact, it is very simple to marinate dried bean curd at home. You can make it with white tofu. You can make a big plate of dried bean curd by buying a large piece of white tofu for 5 yuan, and the taste is not lost in the lo mei shop. When making homemade dried bean curd, you should remember not to put it directly in the marinade, and keep in mind the skills. The taste of dried bean curd will be particularly good, and the materials for making it yourself will be simple.

Method of making spiced dried bean curd:

Spare ingredients: white tofu, 2 fragrant leaves, 2 star anise, 1 crystal sugar, 5 dried red peppers, 1 small handful of pepper, light soy sauce, onion, salt, oyster sauce and steamed fish and soy sauce;

production process: step one, firstly, prepare a piece of white tofu, preferably tough old tofu, rinse it with clear water, then control the water in it to dry, cut the tofu into slightly thicker and more uniform pieces, and cut all the tofu in turn;

step 2, add a little more cooking oil to the pot than usual, heat it, put it into the cut tofu slices and fry them in the pot. When one side is fried until it is set, turn it over and fry until both sides of the tofu slices become yellow.

Step 3, handle all tofu slices according to this method, add a little more water to the pot, boil the water, then prepare a gauze, put star anise, pepper and fragrant leaves into the gauze, seal the mouth, and put them into the boiled pot together with dried red pepper and crystal sugar;

Step 4, add salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce and steamed fish and black soybean oil to taste, stir well and cook for a while. When the bean curd slices are fragrant, put them in the pot and start marinating. When the pot is boiled again, turn to low heat.

Step 5, add the lid and simmer slowly for about 2 minutes, then turn off the heat. Don't take it out in a hurry. After half a day, you can take it out and enjoy it.

xiaobian summary: as an indispensable ingredient in our daily diet, bean products can undergo various cooking methods, such as stir-frying, stewing and so on, which are all good choices. However, among many methods, my family prefers to eat braised food. Usually, I always buy some food when I pass by a braised food store, but later, since I learned how to do it, my family has not bought it, because my own braised food tastes the same as the one I bought, and my own cooking can guarantee it. Family members will feel more at ease when they eat it. They can make dried marinated bean curd with white tofu at home. The materials are simple and convenient to make, and the taste is particularly good. For friends who like to eat marinated bean curd, it is highly recommended that you learn to make it yourself.

Cooking tips:

1. To make marinated tofu, it is better to use old tofu or north tofu, which is more resilient. Don't use pitted south tofu, otherwise it will be unsuccessful. Pay attention to the water content in tofu, otherwise it will spill oil when frying;

2. It's not right to cook the tofu slices directly in the marinade. One more step is to fry the tofu slices in the oil pan in advance until both sides of the tofu slices turn yellow, and then marinate them, so that the marinated taste will be better.

3. It doesn't take too long to cook the lo-mei stew. The most important thing is to soak it enough. After simmering for a while, you can turn off the heat. It is best to stew for half a day to make it more delicious. Of course, it can also be put in the refrigerator for one night, which will be more delicious.