This kind of "Siwen Tofu" is related to Emperor Qianlong and has become a famous snack in Huaiyang cuisine with a history of 300 years. According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a monk named Si Wen in Tianning Temple on the right side of Meihualing in Yangzhou, who was good at making all kinds of tofu dishes, especially tofu soup made of water tofu, day lily and black fungus. It's very delicious. Buddhist practitioners who burn incense like to taste this soup. It is very famous in Yangzhou and was described in Yangzhou Pictures. It is said that Emperor Qianlong once tasted this dish, which used to be a special dish for Qing palace surgery. Cai Ying was created by monk Si Wen, and everyone called it "Si Wen Tofu", which has been widely circulated.
Vince tofu was originally a vegetarian dish. Later chefs added cooked ham, old hen soup and other raw materials according to Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List", which basically continued Vince's cooking method of tofu. From the early years of the Republic of China to the 1930s, this dish was also famous in the south of the Yangtze River, but its production method was different from that of the Qing Dynasty. The chefs improved the materials and methods to make it more exquisite and delicious.
Vince Tofu Soup Ingredients: 300g of tofu, 40g of cooked ham, 25g of shredded Pleurotus ostreatus or mushrooms, 50g of shredded bamboo shoots, shredded vegetables or cucumber, 600g of chicken soup for the soul and 200g of white soup.
Seasoning: 5g of salt, 65438+ 0.5g of chicken essence, and a small amount of pork suet.
Production method: Cut the tofu into 4 cm long and 0. 1 cm wide shredded tofu, and put it in a hot water pot to remove the beany smell, so that the shredded tofu is not easy to break.
The wok gets angry easily. Put chicken soup and white soup for soul-changing, add shredded tofu, bamboo shoots and shredded mushrooms, boil to remove foam, add salt and chicken essence, add shredded ham and shredded vegetables for a little blanching, and then pour into a round bowl and pig fat.
Features: Its tofu is white and tender, its juice is sweet, it is decorated with red, green, brown and milky yellow, and its color is beautiful and generous.
It is important to grasp: ① Tofu made of pure soybeans must be used for cooking. You have to cook it with chicken soup for the soul to master the maturity. After the soup is boiled, put the tofu into the water. When the stew is boiled, take out the pot. Don't cook for too long. Don't make tofu honeycomb.
Eat Vince's bean curd soup, wait until the soup is cold, spicy, fragrant and salty, and then drink a bowl of sweet bean curd soup, which will be released in your mouth and heart in an instant. Cucumber must be eaten with other vegetables to be stronger. Cucumber is sweet, clear and smooth, and shredded with tofu.