there are additives.

curdlan gum is a polysaccharide produced by microbial fermentation of white sugar or glucose. The state stipulates that curdlan gum can be used in tofu products to improve the taste and properties and increase the elasticity.

All kinds of vegetarian products actually belong to bean products, such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian shrimp, vegetarian fish, vegetarian ham and other products mentioned above. Adding proper amount of curdlan gum to the main ingredients can lay the foundation for making these vegetarian products with thousands of pieces later, and make the finished products taste better and slice better.

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Vegetarian chicken is a delicacy made of venetian blinds (also called thousand pieces in some areas) as the main ingredients, rolled into a round stick shape, tied tightly and cooked, sliced and oiled, and fried with seasoning. Can also be made into fish shape, shrimp shape and other shapes. Similar products include vegetarian duck, vegetarian meat, vegetarian steak, vegetarian chicken wings and vegetarian ham. The taste is salty and delicious, the dish is dark red, it looks like chicken, soft and tough, and the taste is delicious and mellow.

Vegetarian chicken is made by spraying tofu skin (thousands) with clear water to soften it; After soft spraying, each piece of bean curd skin is spread flat, overlapped and then rolled tightly, wrapped in a clean cloth into a round stick shape, and tied tightly with fine hemp rope; Put the wok on a strong fire, add clean water, add tofu skin rolls, cook for 5 minutes, take them out, cool them, and untie them to become vegetarian chicken.

If vegetarian chicken slices are better and chewy, it is necessary to add proper curdlan gum to the main ingredients, that is to say, when making thousands of pieces, appropriate curdlan gum should be added, so that the finished thousand pieces will be chewy.