Molded tofu is to cut the tofu into pieces and place it on straw or other dry leaves, and let the tofu ferment naturally for about ten days. The surface of the tofu is covered with white plush hair and has a slight odor. What you get is mold. Tofu.

Molded tofu is also called hairy tofu in the south because the white mycelium growing on the tofu is like the white fluff on small animals. There are many ways to eat molded tofu. You can fry it directly and eat it with some dipping sauce, or you can grill it. Friends who have traveled to Huangshan may have noticed that many restaurants have the special dish of fried tofu dipped in chili sauce. There is a popular saying in the local area: "The most strange thing in Huizhou is tofu with long hair." Huangshan hairy tofu is as important as stinky mandarin fish in Huizhou cuisine. Therefore, Huizhou hairy tofu was even featured in the documentary "A Tip of the Tongue" China”.

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The following is the moldy tofu made with Mucor

Ingredients and tools: old tofu, Mucor, cold water, small bowl, steamer

Step 1: Prepare two pieces of old tofu, weighing about two pounds. Four grams of Mucor mold and 40 ml of cold boiled water. Clean the steamer and steamer thoroughly. (If the old tofu is relatively moist, put the tofu into the drain basket to drain the water before starting to make it.)

Step 2: Pour the mucor mold into cold boiled water and stir evenly. There will be many small particles. If it cannot be melted, filter the bacterial liquid through a filter, and then cut the tofu into small cubes.

Step 3: Put each piece of tofu into the bacterial liquid in the bowl, roll it, and then place it on the steamer. There should be about two centimeters between each piece of tofu.

Step 4: After placing the tofu, cover the pot, place the steamer in a place where the minimum temperature is no less than 15 degrees and the maximum temperature is no more than 25 degrees, and ferment for about three to five days.

The fermented molded tofu can be fried and eaten. If you can’t finish it, make it into bean curd like me! Tofu curd

Ingredients: molded tofu, chili noodles, pepper noodles, salt, sugar, white wine, rice wine

Step 1: First mix an appropriate amount of chili noodles, pepper noodles, salt and sugar Stir evenly, then pour an appropriate amount of high-strength white wine into a small bowl, as well as a glass container that has been washed and dried in advance.

Step 2: Put the molded tofu into the white wine first, then take it out and put it in a seasoning bowl, roll it, and then put it into a container.

Step 3: After the tofu cubes are filled, pour in the rice wine that has not covered the tofu cubes, seal it and leave it at room temperature for about 20 days to a month. If the tofu is pink inside and has a very soft texture, it means mold. The tofu is completely emulsified.

Tips: Making moldy tofu with Mucor does not require straw as a bedding. The temperature only needs to be controlled between 15 degrees and 25 degrees. It will take three days at the fastest and five days at the slowest. After completing the fermentation, the most important thing is that no green or red hair will appear during the fermentation process, making it safer and more reliable to eat. Although the method invented by our ancestors is very good, the environmental pollution is serious now, and we still need to consider our health.