Four or five days after bottling, the fermented bean curd still doesn’t smell at all. What’s going on? Although the taste of fermented bean curd is not as strong as that of fried stinky tofu, fermented bean curd does have a certain odor. The odor of fermented bean curd is caused by various factors. If it is a mild odor, it belongs to the fermentation process. An organic compound formed under such conditions is hydrogen chloride. If the odor of fermented bean curd is particularly strong, it may be that the fermented bean curd has already rotted and deteriorated. At this time, fermented bean curd cannot be eaten anymore. The fermented bean curd with strong odor has already deteriorated. Continuing to eat this kind of fermented bean curd will be harmful to the human body.

30 grams of chili noodles, 6 grams of pepper noodles, 30 mL of alcohol, appropriate vegetable oil, 35 grams of glutinous rice wine, and 30 grams of salt. Pour vegetable oil into the pot, bring to a boil and then let cool and set aside. Glass bottles, sterilize with hot water, then dry and set aside. Clean the tofu, cut it into small triangles about 3cm long, put the cut tofu on top, pour it into a stainless steel steamer and steam it for 5 minutes, then remove it from the pot and let it cool and set aside.

Find a clean bowl, pour the chili noodles, salt, and peppercorns into it, and mix well. Find another bowl and pour pure grain wine and glutinous rice wine into it, mix well. Use wooden chopsticks to put the cooled water tofu into a bowl of pure grain wine and dip it in the wine on all sides. Then use chopsticks to put it into the bowl of chili noodles, wrap it with chili noodles on all sides, and put the water tofu wrapped in chili noodles one by one. Be careful to put it into glass bottles that have been sterilized and dried before. And pour the remaining chili powder and white wine into the clay pot. Finally, pour the cold oil from the hot pot that has been left to cool down into the clay pot. It needs to cover the water tofu. It should be well-sealed and placed in a cool place with natural ventilation or a refrigerator. , it can be eaten after freezing for about 10 days.

Warm reminder: When steaming tofu, put it on a serving plate and place them a little apart for steaming. If they are close together or stacked, they will easily break during steaming. If you want to try fermenting yourself, you can buy a pack of fermented tofu and sprinkle it on top of the tofu. The tofu needs to be placed a little apart, and then wait for about a week, and the hair will grow. At that time, Turn it over and make it more hairy on all sides. For those of you who don’t like the numbing taste, you can leave out the peppercorns. Sterilized glass bottles must be dried and dried before use.