2. According to legend, there lived a fisherman named Xing on the Temple Street in Zhoukou Circle. In the old society, he made a living by catching fish and shrimp. When he fishes, he often catches some loaches. Usually, after the bigger bread is sold out, the rest is left unattended, so he always takes it home to cook for himself. Once, in order to adjust the taste, he simply put the little loach in the basin at home and spit out the mud, and bought some seasonings such as tofu, onion and ginger from the street. Because the loach is small and difficult to clean, he fished it out, covered it with ginger and garlic, and cooked it with tofu. After cooking, I opened the lid and found that the loach had got into the tofu, but the fish tail was left outside, which was very unique and interesting. This method soon spread among the local people, that is, it was called "loach drilling tofu".
3. Both loach and tofu have high nutritional value. According to nutritionists' analysis, loach contains more protein, fat, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins and other ingredients than ordinary fish, with tender and delicious meat and sweet taste. It has the functions of warming the middle warmer, benefiting qi, detoxifying and astringing hemorrhoids, and is known as "ginseng in water", and tofu is a very good food. Therefore, loach and tofu are cooked together, which has nourishing and dietetic effects. Misgurnus anguillicaudatus with bean curd, because of its high nutrition and strong nourishing effect, has become a famous dish at banquets after many improvements by chefs. Specific cooking: First, put the young loach into a clear water basin filled with egg white liquid to remove dirt and wash it, then pour the cold ribs soup into a casserole, add the whole tender tofu and loach, cover it and simmer for a while, and the loach will be forced into the tofu by hot air to hide until the soup is boiled to death in the tofu, and then cook it with low fire and various seasonings. The soup base is clear, very beautiful, delicious and delicious.