"Introduction" Bear's Paw Tofu Bear's paw is a precious traditional ingredient, one of the eight treasures, and a food that many people want to eat but cannot. However, bear paw tofu has been handed down from ancient times to the present day. Bear's paw tofu is a very delicious dish, and it is known for its rich nutritional value. For the bear's paw tofu practice must be a lot of people are not very clear, then the bear's paw tofu practice and efficacy and what are they? The origin of bear paw tofu

Bear paw is the limbs of the national protected animal bear, is a precious traditional ingredients, the ordinary public generally do not have the opportunity to see. But because of its unforgettable flavor, many people want to eat it. However, as a second-class protected animal, it is illegal to hunt, kill, buy or eat wild animals protected by the state. Bear paw tofu as an ancient Manchurian aristocratic cuisine, is still loved by people. So what is bear paw tofu?

According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, bureaucrats in the Sichuan region were corrupt and raided the civilian population, so Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty made a private visit to the region. After arriving at the area, he found that the local people were really as rumored, living in poverty, Tang Xuanzong was heartbroken. And the corrupt officials have long been fleeing from the wind and disappeared.

So Tang Xuanzong leads the local people in production and construction, and the local people are so grateful to Tang Xuanzong, that they decide to do the same for Tang Xuanzong, who will be leaving in a few days.

But the local people are so poor that they can't even get enough to eat, not to mention the delicacies and delicacies to honor the emperor. Just when the people are suffering, a local villager came up with a brilliant idea, he will cut the tofu as a bear's paw, into the pot fried for a moment, and with the ingredients, falsely referred to as the "bear's paw", for the emperor to enjoy.

Tang Xuanzong took this dish, a piece of "bear's paw" into the mouth to savor, "huh" a smile, and did not say anything.

So, this "bear's paw tofu" has been passed down to the present day, famous at home and abroad, and become an heirloom delicacy.

How to make Bear's Paw Tofu

Bear's Paw Tofu is a traditional dish of Sichuan province, which belongs to the Sichuan cuisine. Its color is bright red, hemp road is fragrant, salty and slightly spicy, juice thick flavor. The production is fine, the color of the dish is golden, soft and fragrant tofu, salty taste, with a strong local flavor. Because the tofu is shaped like a bear's paw, its flavor can be comparable, so this dish is called "bear's paw". Here is how to introduce you to the bear's paw tofu.

Ingredients: tofu, green peppers, garlic, bean curd, salt, garlic, red pepper, soy sauce, sugar.

Practice:

1, cut the tofu thick slices of boiling water, in the frying pan will be fried on both sides of the golden brown, garlic cloves cut into pieces. Green and red peppers each cut into pieces, and then the garlic crushed.

2, put the oil in the pot to 50 percent hot, under the garlic, soybean, soy sauce, sugar, change the fire slowly stir fry until the cherry color.

3, pour in the tofu block fried about a minute.

4, push the tofu block to the side of the pot, under the green and red pepper pieces, the right amount of salt in the soup stir fry for about two minutes.

5, and then put the green garlic seedlings slightly fried.

6, all the ingredients in the pot to shovel well after the pot to plate ready.

Note:

(1) the size, length, thickness of the tofu should be cut evenly, do not fry too old.

(2) adjust the flavor, with a slight fire slowly burn through, so that the tofu inside and outside the same flavor.

How to make bear's paw tofu delicious

Bear's paw tofu because tofu after cooking like a bear's paw and named, practice varies, there is a first frying after burning, there is also a first frying after burning, but do out of the dishes without exception of the color and flavor are all complete. The reason is very simple, mastered the key points!

In the process of making bear's paw tofu, pay attention to grasp the following points, no matter which practice can make good-looking and delicious bear's paw tofu!

1, when frying tofu, to cut the side of the pan. This time the oil temperature can be appropriately lowered to extend the frying time, do not fry the paste.

2, in the frying, the soy sauce put as little as possible, mainly by the salt to set the flavor. In addition, because the tofu itself is not enough flavor, so you need to put some monosodium glutamate.

3, water starch into the time to pay attention to, a small amount of the first under, not enough to add, add too much will affect the taste.

4, garlic seedlings to be the last to put, so as to maintain the green color of the dish.

What are the benefits of eating bear's paw tofu

Bear's paw tofu is not only the color flood, hemp Road is a savory flavor of the special dishes. It also has unknown effects and functions, let's look specifically at the effects of bear paw tofu.

1, tofu is helpful for menopausal women, female friends to a certain age, because of the lack of estrogen secretion, prone to menopausal syndrome, when many women will choose to medication. Experts found that tofu contains a lot of estrogen - flavonoids. Therefore, eating more tofu can also be a good supplement to estrogen;

2, eat tofu on the treatment of the elderly constipation is good, the elderly because of age, the digestive system is not good, often appear constipation, and tofu is soft food, easy to digest. Therefore, experts recommend the elderly to eat more tofu, thus reducing constipation;

3, tofu is the best low insulin ammus stems of specialty foods;

4, tofu can improve the body's fat structure;

5, tofu can prevent and resist cancer;

6, tofu can prevent and resist menopausal diseases;

7, tofu can Prevent and counteract osteoporosis;

8, Tofu can improve memory and mental concentration;

9, Tofu can prevent and counteract aging and dementia;

10, Tofu can prevent and counteract diseases of liver function.

How to choose tofu for bear's paw tofu

To make bear's paw tofu delicious, in addition to subtle practice, but also depends on the availability of good ingredients! And when it comes to bear's paw tofu ingredients, is undoubtedly the tofu, so how to pick tofu?

1, eye observation method

South tofu is commonly known as water tofu, no water lines inside, no impurities, crystal white and tender for quality; inside the water lines, bubbles, fine particles, yellowish color for poor quality tofu.

North tofu is commonly known as old tofu, protein content is higher than water tofu, old tofu bubbles, bubbles are due to the old tofu inside the water and protein separation and flow out, which is why the supermarket a catty of old tofu to 2 dollars, because there is no moisture. Hot tofu a wind will be slightly yellow, normal phenomenon, as long as the smooth surface of the tofu section with or without on the line, in order to prevent the participation of dregs or other flour and so on.

Sichuan Shehong Tianxian's old Liu tofu is famous far and wide. Authentic brine tofu, thirty years of quality, absolutely no other additives (in addition to brine), we should all try to eat natural food, the day of the tofu day to eat.

2, sewing needle identification method

hand holding a sewing needle, 30 centimeters away from the tofu let go, let the needle free fall, the needle can be inserted into the tofu is high-quality tofu. (Older tofu is not always inserted).

3, cut with a knife to be not broken and not too old color bright taste to be good without odor.

4, cream tofu, some eat up will have a sandy feeling, because the gypsum did not get too crushed, not beneficial to eat.