The loach drill tofu is true.

The loach drill tofu legend is created by Zhoukou fisherman Xing Wenming. He put the small loach at home in the water basin to spit out the mud, put the pot with the lid on the pot, with ginger and garlic with tofu to cook. To be cooked and uncovered to see, found that the small loach are drilled into the tofu to go, only the tail left in the outside. After the name "loach drill tofu".

After several improvements by the chef, it became a famous dish at feasts and banquets. Usually, the loach is placed in a pot of water with egg white liquid to exclude dirt and wash, casserole pot filled with cool pork broth, then put the whole piece of tender tofu and loach, cover and simmer for a little while, the loach is forced by the heat into the tofu to hide, and when the soup boils all the scalded in the tofu, and then by a small fire and add a variety of seasonings to be cooked into.

Expanded Information:

Tofu is rich in nutrients, contains a lot of protein, fat, Carbohydrates, but also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals needed by the human body. Containing lecithin can remove the cholesterol attached to the walls of blood vessels, preventing vascular sclerosis, preventing cardiovascular disease, protecting the heart; contains a variety of minerals, supplemental calcium, promote bone development, children, the elderly bone growth is extremely favorable.

The loach is rich in protein, vitamins, sugar and other nutrients. Minerals, vitamins are higher than the average fish and shrimp, lower fat content, less cholesterol, and contains carbopentenoic acid unsaturated fatty acids, is conducive to human resistance to vascular aging. Contains a lower fat content, cholesterol is less, is a high-protein low-fat food.

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