If you make herring tofu soup, it won't be fragrant and tender, it's because you did this step wrong, and many people don't know it.
Tofu is a truly magical food, with records of its consumption dating back to the Shang and Zhou dynasties thousands of years ago. It can be said that tofu is the crystallization of thousands of years of dietary wisdom. Tofu is tender, smooth, and highly nutritious, and when you eat it, it slides down your esophagus and into your stomach, with a good texture; tofu is made from soybeans, which is the essence of soybean nutrition, with high protein content and calcium content. However, tofu is easier to digest and absorb than soybeans, so tofu is a food that everyone can enjoy and is rich in nutrition.
Tofu also has many ways to eat, but I think it's the most delicious when stewed with fish. And the most famous (jī r yì dòu fu tāng) is undoubtedly... (jī r yì dòu fu tāng)Together, they have a particularly high protein content, calcium content, and other trace element content. It's often stewed every few days, and the children eat it and grow taller!
Many people who make (jī r yì dòu fu tāng) feel that it's very different from the flavor of the restaurant. In addition to the difference in freshness of the fish, there's also a crucial step that many people have done wrong, which leads to (jī r yì dòu fu tāng) not fragrant and not tender.
Okay, let's learn how to make (jī r yì dòu fu tāng)!
(jī r yì dòu fu tāng)
Ingredients:
Main Ingredients: 2 (jī r yì) (Herring), 1 small block of tofu, 1 white radish
Accessories: Salt, chicken broth, ginger, garlic, (liào jiǔ) (Shaoxing wine), pork lard, pepper, green onion, chopped green chiles 3, chopped pickled radish 1
Steps:
1⃣️ (chǔ lǐ jī r yì) (Process the herring): Remove the scales and internal organs from the herring, slice ginger and garlic, cut the tofu into blocks, slice the radish and pickled radish into filaments, and chop the green chiles. Arrange the green chiles in segments on the plate for plating.
(zhù shì) (Note): Separate the green chiles at the bottom of the plate from the green chiles on top, don't mix them together.
2⃣️ (xǐ gān qīng jī r yì) (Wash the herring): Place the herring in a bowl, add a suitable amount of (liào jiǔ) (Shaoxing wine), ginger slices, and pepper, cover evenly, and marinate for about 15 minutes.
3⃣️ (guō zhōng xià zhūyóu shāo zhì huà kāi) (In a pot, melt pork lard over low heat), then add ginger slices, garlic slices, and green chiles until fragrant.
At this time, open the small fire and put the herring into the pot to sear. First, put it in the pot and don't move it around, wait until the surface is slightly solidified, then slightly stir and adjust, wait until the two sides are golden brown before removing it from the pot for use.
4⃣️ (fàng rù shā guō zhōng) (Put the seared herring in a sand pot), add green chiles, white radish, salt, and adjust the amount of seasoning with water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer slowly.
5⃣️ (xiǎo huǒ màn dùn) (Simmer over low heat for 20 minutes), add tofu, radish, and chicken broth. When the radish and tofu are cooked, it is ready to be turned off the heat. Then sprinkle green onion and pour it into the bowl for serving!
- (xiǎo ti пі) (Little Tips)
- To make the soup of (jī r yì dòu fu tāng) (herring tofu soup) creamy, milky in texture, and with a rich flavor, you must add (kāi shuǐ) (boiling water) at step 4, this is the key that I discovered to make the meat softer and the soup more flavorful.
- When searing the fish, don't move it around when it's first put in the pot.
The herring has a lot of spines, so children must be very careful when eating.
