Roasted tofu is a unique traditional food in Gaoping, which has a history of more than 2000 years. According to legend, in the battle of Changping in 260 BC, Zhao Kuo was defeated by Qin general Leitian, and 400,000 Zhao troops were killed by Leitian. The cruelty of leitian aroused the hatred of later generations, so they compared tofu to "leitian meat" and cooked it with fire and water to vent their anger. Unexpectedly, people feel quite fresh and have a unique flavor after eating. So "burning tofu" was handed down in Gaoping. Now, "burning tofu" is not only popular in Gaoping, but also often used to entertain guests. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, when Commander-in-Chief Zhu De and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai led the Eighth Route Army through Gaoping, local people made "tofu-burning" to express their condolences to their soldiers. After liberation, when many party and state leaders came to Gaoping to inspect their work, they all tried Gaoping's "burning tofu".

Gaoping's practice of cooking tofu:

Belonging cuisine

shanxi cuisine

Making material

Ingredients: tofu (500g) and bean curd residue (200g).

Accessories: corn flour (yellow) (100g)

Seasoning: ginger (10g), garlic (10g) and salt (10g).

manufacture craft

1. Cut the tofu into cubes with a thickness of 3cm and a length of 6cm, and bake it to light yellow with high fire;

2. Add appropriate amount of oil to the cornmeal and stir-fry until fragrant;

3. Put ginger and garlic together and mash them, then add bean curd residue, fried corn flour and salt to make a dip;

4. When eating, cook the tofu with white water, dip it in the head, and eat it while it is hot.

Process tips

Taste: slightly spicy

Tofu is baked yellow with strong fire, but it can't be scorched. If it is fried, it will lose its authentic flavor.

Taste of dishes

This dish is yellow in skin and white in meat, soft and tender, spicy and delicious, and has a unique flavor.

Diet nutrition

Tofu: Tofu is rich in protein, and tofu protein is a complete protein, which not only contains eight amino acids necessary for human body, but also has a high nutritional value. It has the effects of lowering blood lipid, protecting vascular cells and preventing cardiovascular diseases. In addition, tofu is also good for aftercare, weight loss and delicate skin.

Tofu residue: Tofu residue is rich in dietary fiber, which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and prevent cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease; It also contains more anti-cancer substances "isoflavones", and eating tofu dregs often can greatly reduce the risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer and colorectal cancer.

Eating tofu dregs regularly is very helpful to prevent osteoporosis and resist the increase of blood pressure; Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases often eat tofu residue, which is helpful to the rehabilitation of the disease and can reduce the risk of stroke and myocardial infarction.

Corn flour (yellow): Corn is rich in nutrients, which has the effects of benefiting the lungs and calming the heart, strengthening the spleen and appetizing, preventing cancer, lowering cholesterol and strengthening the brain; Corn flour is rich in dietary fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, shorten the time of food passing through digestive tract, reduce the absorption of toxic substances and the stimulation of carcinogens to colon, thus reducing the occurrence of colon cancer.

Recipe phase grams

Tofu: Tofu should not be cooked with spinach and chives, which will produce calcium oxalate which is easy to form stones; Tofu should not be eaten with honey, water bamboo, bamboo shoots and pig liver.

Corn flour (yellow): corn should not be eaten with snails, otherwise it will be poisoned; It is not suitable to eat with oysters, otherwise it will hinder the absorption of zinc.

Leitian tofu origin:

There are many ways for human beings to record history, such as books, newspapers, myths, legends, architecture, paintings, place names and even some local snacks. For example, there is a snack called "Bai Qi Tofu" in Shanxi.

Anyone who knows a little about the history of China War probably knows that there was a war in Changping more than 2,000 years ago. The warring parties were the most powerful Qin State at that time and the last country in the East that could fight Qin State alone-Zhao State. At this time, Qin had started his unified war, attacked the weakest South Korea at that time, and surrounded Shangdang in South Korea (this place is famous today, which is a strategic place in Shanxi, and the place where China * * * first clashed in the liberation war was here, which is called Shangdang Defence War). Seeing that the city was no longer guarded, Shangdang local officials made a mistake, offering Shangdang to the nearby Zhao State and leading Qin's army to Zhao State. At this time, the prince of Zhao thought that he was still the father of Zhao, so he took over the gift from heaven, but he didn't know that what came was a sugar-coated bomb, and then the disaster of Changping arose.

Zhao sent veteran Lian Po. Although Lian Po opposed taking over Shangdang, the duty of a soldier made him resolutely shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the country. In the face of Qin's fierce offensive, Lian Po adopted a defensive policy of clearing the field and keeping a high base and deep ditch. This move really worked, and Qin and Zhao were at loggerheads at the forefront. Time is on Zhao's side. Sun Tzu's art of war says, "The teacher has been exposed for a long time and the winner has nothing!" Qin's grain and grass supplies have to cross the Yellow River, which is very costly. Besides, before Qin Dynasty, there was a World War I with Korea, and the eastern countries also had plans to help Zhao, so Qin was eager for a decisive battle.

When Qin saw that the head coach of Zhao was a famous Lian Po, he knew that if he wanted to win Zhao, he must first abolish Lian Po. So he sent people to lobby the ministers of Zhao with huge sums of money. At this time, Lin Xiangru was dead, and the minister of Zhao Quan was an altruistic. At that time, the young prince of Zhao was also eager for a victory, and he was quite dissatisfied with Lian Po's insistence on fighting with Qin. Under two shots, the same smell was fired from Lian Po's post, and he was replaced by a spring boy-Zhao Kuo. In fact, after this Zhao Kuo was a noble family, his father was the famous Ma Fujun Zhao She, and he was also a famous soldier in the Warring States Period. In his early years, this Zhao Gongzi inherited his family studies and studied the art of war. He often talked about the war with his father, gesticulating and gushing, and regarded the war as a child's play. Seeing this, Zhao She had long predicted, "Don't let this son take charge of the army of Zhao, or Zhao will be in danger of national subjugation!" .

At the same time that Zhao changed generals, Qin also secretly changed generals, in exchange for the ever-victorious general in the Warring States period, the famous Qin, Wu Anjun-Leitian (who never lost in his life, more than Changshan Zhao Zilong). Zhao Kuo changed Lian Po's strategy as soon as he came, and the whole army attacked combatively and rushed to Qin Jun. The white cause changed tactics, fought and retreated, and retreated to Changping. At the same time, he secretly sent light cavalry to harass Zhao's rear and cut off Zhao's hay supply. At this time, the king of Qin also supported Leitian with newly raised soldiers in China. One side had no food and the other side had soldiers. This Leitian surrounded the bold Zhao army completely.

This encirclement is more than forty days, and Zhao Kuo has organized several breakthroughs, but he hates the bully's power, but he can't rush out of the iron drum array of Leitian, and finally he was killed by the Qin army in an assault. The commander-in-chief died, the army had no food, the soldiers had no fighting heart, and Zhao surrendered. More than 400,000 Zhao troops were captured at once, and Leitian didn't know what to do. In order to prevent the prisoner from mutiny and to completely weaken Zhao's strength, Leitian gave the order to kill and surrender, killing more than 400,000 Zhao troops in Changping. Today, after the rain washed away, you can often see many bones, which are the remains of Zhao Sergeant killed by Leitian.

The story behind is also quite interesting. The story of Zhao's Handan Defence War, Xinlingjun stealing symbols to save Zhao, and Chang 'an Jun leading a horse and sighing at himself is also quite wonderful. For details, see Biography of Xinlingjun in Historical Records. Mr. Sima wrote this article wonderfully, and later generations commented that "Xinlingjun is the proud man in Mr. Sima's eyes, and this biography is the proud article written by Mr. Sima"

Killing and surrendering has always been something that military strategists can't do, but it is reckless for Xiang Yu to pit Qin soldiers in later generations. However, the killing and surrendering of Bai Qi, which is the name of the name, has been criticized by later generations, and this killing and surrendering has strengthened the six eastern countries (except Qi State) to resist Qin by force. The so-called war is not as good as World War I. It is still inconclusive whether Qin State will lose or gain. However, it was the direct result of the killing and surrender that Qin State attacked Handan twice.

By the way, I would like to explain Leitian's funeral affairs. After Changping, Leitian invaded Handan, and Zhao once again used Lian Po. The whole country swore a bloody battle with Qin, and Xinlingjun also took Wei and Chu to save Zhao, and Qin Jun withdrew.

A few years later, the Qin Dynasty attempted to attack Zhao again when the losses of the first world war in Changping, Zhao had not been recovered. Wu Anjun resolutely opposed this war, and was alienated by Ying Hou (the man who offered a plan to make friends far away from home and attack near home). He was killed by Du You, ten miles east of Chang 'an.

The war is not only the story of several princes and princes, but also the story of millions of ordinary people. Seeing that 400,000 children were killed overnight, Zhao Guoren couldn't find revenge for Leitian, so he pinned this hatred on a small tofu, which represents Leitian meat (also called Leitian tofu), garlic paste on it represents Leitian brains, Chili oil represents Leitian blood, etc. to express his hatred, so "Leitian" became tofu and sacrificed thousands of Shanxi in Qian Qian.