Xishi Tofu-traditional Famous Dish of Zhuji, The Hometown of Xishi
by Manxiang Hut
Favorite
Difficulty
Easy
Time
20m
Serving
2
Xi Shi tofu is a traditional dish in Zhuji, hometown, and almost every restaurant will cook such a dish at the banquet on the New Year's Eve. Zhuji is the hometown of Xi Shi, one of the four great beauties in ancient times. Whether it is building a house, celebrating New Year's holidays, or weddings, birthdays, celebrations, and funerals, this dish often becomes the top dish on the banquet. It is also a common home-cooked dish. dish.
Xi Shi tofu is commonly known as "meat tofu". According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Xi Shi, a beautiful Vietnamese woman, was skilled in cooking and made tofu soup that was smooth and tender and tasted great. . Later, Xi Shi took the name of Xu Guo. In order to commemorate her, the villagers took this dish as the first dish at the banquet, and it has been followed.
The ingredients used in this dish are different from each restaurant, but a few of them are indispensable. Chicken soup (or stock) is based on local chicken, tofu, winter bamboo shoots, and other ingredients can be shiitake mushrooms, fungus, Ham, carrots, etc., but when I was young, chicken gizzards and intestines were usually kept at home, so I also used it today, because it is a local chicken raised by my mother-in-law. You can eat it without worry. You can also use fat and thin pork instead. The final starch thickening is also more important. It is thick and affects the taste. It is too thin and not shaped. It can be added in small amounts. The traditional starch is generally sweet potato starch, and I use corn starch.
This dish is rich in texture. The smooth and tender tofu contains crispy winter bamboo shoots and chewy chicken gizzards. It can be eaten alone or poured over rice. It is a delicacy loved by all ages. "
Xi Shi tofu is commonly known as "meat tofu". According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, Xi Shi, a beautiful Vietnamese woman, was skilled in cooking and made tofu soup that was smooth and tender and tasted great. . Later, Xi Shi took the name of Xu Guo. In order to commemorate her, the villagers took this dish as the first dish at the banquet, and it has been followed.
The ingredients used in this dish are different from each restaurant, but a few of them are indispensable. Chicken soup (or stock) is based on local chicken, tofu, winter bamboo shoots, and other ingredients can be shiitake mushrooms, fungus, Ham, carrots, etc., but when I was young, chicken gizzards and intestines were usually kept at home, so I also used it today, because it is a local chicken raised by my mother-in-law. You can eat it without worry. You can also use fat and thin pork instead. The final starch thickening is also more important. It is thick and affects the taste. It is too thin and not shaped. It can be added in small amounts. The traditional starch is generally sweet potato starch, and I use corn starch.
This dish is rich in texture. The smooth and tender tofu contains crispy winter bamboo shoots and chewy chicken gizzards. It can be eaten alone or poured over rice. It is a delicacy loved by all ages. "
