Wensi tofu(wen si dou fu )

Wensi tofu method:

Raw materials for making Wensi tofu:

Bean curd, chicken soup, shredded bamboo shoots, shredded mushrooms, salt, monosodium glutamate, shredded ham, shredded vegetables, chicken oil.

Production steps of Wensi tofu:

Cut tofu into shredded tofu, blanch it in boiling water, remove the beany smell, and make tofu into strips. Add chicken soup and clear soup in the frying pan. Add shredded tofu, bamboo shoots and mushrooms. After boiling, skim off the foam, add salt, monosodium glutamate, shredded ham and shredded vegetables. Pour out of the pan into the soup bowl and pour in chicken oil.

Characteristics of Wensi tofu:

The color is white and green, the tofu is tender and the soup is delicious.

Wensi tofu

Wensi tofu is a famous traditional dish with a long history in Jiangsu Province. It originated from Yangzhou and belongs to Huaiyang cuisine and Jiangsu cuisine. It is a good recipe for the elderly and children because of its strict selection of materials, delicate knife work, soft, tender and mellow, instant melting at the entrance, as well as the effects of regulating malnutrition, tonifying deficiency and nourishing the body. Yu Yue of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his collection of notes in the fragrant tea room: "Wen Si is a word of Xifu, a work poem, and is good at making bean curd soup and sweet paste porridge. So far, those who have followed the law are called Wensi tofu. " It is also called "assorted bean curd soup" in diaodingji.

Ingredients needed

Tofu (450g), winter bamboo shoots (10g), chicken breast meat (50g), ham (25g), mushrooms (fresh) (25g), lettuce (15g), salt (4G), monosodium glutamate (3G), etc.

Production method

1. Peel the bean curd and cut it into shreds. Blanch it with boiling water to remove the yellow water and beany smell;

2. Remove the stem of Lentinus edodes, wash them and cut them into shreds;

3. Peel the winter bamboo shoots, wash them, cook them and cut them into shreds;

4. Wash the chicken breast with clean water, cook it, and cut it into shreds;

5. Cut cooked ham into shreds;

6. Wash the lettuce leaves, blanch them with water and cut them into shreds;

7. Put shredded mushrooms into a bowl and add chicken soup

50 ml, steamed on the cage;

8. Put the pot on the fire, ladle in 200ml chicken clear soup and bring to a boil. Add shredded mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, ham, chicken and green vegetables. Add refined salt and bring to a boil. Add monosodium glutamate into the soup bowl;

9. Put another pot on the fire and spoon in 500ml chicken clear soup. After boiling, put in shredded tofu. When the shredded tofu floats on the soup surface, scoop it up with a colander and serve it in a soup bowl.

Characteristics of dishes

It's salty and delicious. It's delicate, soft, tender and mellow.

Process tips

1. This dish is made of 3 pieces of bean curd made of bittern, weighing about 450 grams;

2. This dish is exquisite and requires high skill from the chef. Mushrooms, bamboo shoots, ham, chicken breast meat must be cut into hair thick silk.

nutritive value

Tofu: tofu is rich in protein, and tofu protein is a complete protein, not only contains eight kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, and the proportion is close to human needs, with high nutritional value; it can reduce blood lipid, protect vascular cells, and prevent cardiovascular disease. Besides, tofu is also good for curing, losing weight and delicate skin after illness.

Tofu, known as "Fuli" in ancient times, was first invented and made in China, and then spread to all over the world. Tofu is the main raw material of vegetarian dishes in China, which has always been popular and praised as "plant meat". Tofu is mainly made from soybean, which contains more protein and fat, so tofu has higher nutritional value. Tofu can be produced all year round without seasonal restrictions, so in the off-season of vegetable production, the variety of dishes can be adjusted. Tofu can be divided into South and North. The main difference is in the amount of gypsum (or bittern), South tofu with less gypsum, so the texture is tender, moisture content is about 90%; North tofu with more gypsum, texture is older than South tofu, moisture content is 85-88%. Tofu is a traditional Chinese food, which is delicious and healthy.

Winter bamboo shoot: winter bamboo shoot is a kind of delicious food with nutritional value and medical function. It is tender, delicious, crisp and refreshing. It contains protein, a variety of amino acids, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other trace elements as well as rich cellulose. It can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, and prevent constipation and colon cancer. Winter bamboo shoot is a kind of food with high protein and low starch. It has a certain therapeutic effect on patients with obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis. The polysaccharide contained in it also has certain anticancer effect. But winter bamboo shoots contain more calcium oxalate, children, suffering from urethral calculi, nephritis people should not eat more.

Chicken breast meat: the protein content of chicken breast meat is high, and it is easy to be absorbed by the human body. It can enhance physical strength and strengthen the body. It contains phospholipids which play an important role in human growth and development. It is one of the important sources of fat and phospholipids in Chinese dietary structure. According to the traditional Chinese medicine, chicken breast has the functions of warming the middle and replenishing qi, tonifying deficiency and essence, strengthening spleen and stomach, activating blood vessels and strengthening muscles and bones. It has a good therapeutic effect on malnutrition, fear of cold, dizziness and palpitation, fatigue, irregular menstruation, postpartum milk deficiency, anemia, deficiency of food, thirst, edema, frequent urination, spermatorrhea, deafness and tinnitus. It can be eaten by the general population, especially for the elderly, the sick and the weak.

Ham: the color of ham is bright, red and white, lean meat is fragrant, salty and sweet, fat meat is fragrant but not greasy, delicious, various nutrients are easy to be absorbed by the human body, with the functions of nourishing stomach and body fluid, tonifying kidney and Yang, strengthening bone marrow, strengthening foot strength, healing wound, etc.

Lentinula edodes (fresh): Lentinula edodes has the nutritional characteristics of high protein, low fat, polysaccharide, multiple amino acids and vitamins; Lentinula edodes contains a kind of maltitol which is lack of common vegetables, which can be converted into vitamin D, promote the absorption of calcium in the body, and enhance the ability of the human body to resist diseases. Normal people eat mushrooms can play a role in cancer prevention. Lentinus edodes can inhibit the growth of tumor cells in cancer patients; Lentinus edodes dietotherapy has a certain weight loss effect on patients with thick abdominal fat. Lentinus edodes contains adenosine, choline, tyrosine, oxidase and some nucleic acid substances, which can reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and blood lipid, prevent arteriosclerosis, liver cirrhosis and other diseases; lentinan can improve the activity of helper T cells and enhance the immune function of human body fluids. A large number of practices have proved that Lentinus edodes has a wide range of cancer prevention and treatment, and has been used in clinical treatment. Lentinus edodes also contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which plays a great role in promoting human metabolism and improving body adaptability; Lentinus edodes also plays a therapeutic role in diabetes, tuberculosis, infectious hepatitis, neuritis, etc., and can be used for dyspepsia, constipation, etc.

Lettuce: lettuce dietary fiber and vitamin C more than cabbage, there is the role of eliminating excess fat, it is also called weight loss lettuce. Because its stem and leaf contain lettuce element, it tastes slightly bitter, has analgesic hypnosis, reduce cholesterol, auxiliary treatment of neurasthenia and other effects. Lettuce contains mannitol, diuretic and promote blood circulation. Lettuce also contains an "interferon inducer", which can stimulate human normal cells to produce interferon, thus producing an "antiviral protein" to inhibit the virus.

Nutrients

History and culture

1. Tofu has a history of nearly two thousand years since Liu An, the king of Huainan in Han Dynasty. In ancient Chinese poetry, there are many records of tofu. According to Tao Gu's Qing Yi Lu, tofu was called "Xiao Zai Yang" in the Five Dynasties. Su Dongpo has a saying: "boiled beans for cream for crisp", also refers to tofu.

2. Wensi tofu is a famous traditional dish, which was created by Wensi monk, a monk in Yangzhou during Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. Yu Yue of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his collection of notes in the fragrant tea room: "Wen Si is a word of Xifu, a work poem, and is good at making bean curd soup and sweet paste porridge. So far, those who have followed the law are called Wensi tofu. " It is also called "assorted bean curd soup" in diaodingji.

3. This dish is very strict in material selection and fine in knife making. The taste is soft, tender and mellow, and the fine tofu melts immediately in the mouth, which makes people have endless aftertaste.

Suitable population

1. Tofu is an ideal food for the elderly, pregnant women and parturients. It is also an important food for children's growth and development. Tofu is also good for menopause, post conditioning, obesity and rough skin. Mental workers and regular night shifts are also very suitable for consumption. Tofu is not suitable for children with indigestion due to its slow digestion; tofu contains more purines and should be used with caution in gout patients and patients with increased serum uric acid concentration.

2. The winter bamboo shoots in Wensi tofu have a certain therapeutic effect on obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes and arteriosclerosis, but it is not suitable for children, urinary calculi and nephritis.

3. The old, the sick and the weak are more suitable to eat the chicken breast meat in Wensi tofu. Obese or gastrointestinal weak, worried about diabetes, arteriosclerosis, should eat more chicken breast. People with cold, fever, internal fire, phlegm dampness and heat toxin boil should not eat chicken breast meat.

4. People with frequent urination and cold stomach should eat less lettuce in Wensi tofu.

5. Anemia, low resistance, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, cancer and nephritis patients should eat more Lentinus edodes in Wensi tofu, while the patients with spleen and stomach cold and dampness stagnation or skin itching disease should eat more Lentinus edodes.

6. Those with deficiency of Qi and blood, chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, lack of appetite, weak constitution, excessive fatigue and weakness of waist and feet were more likely to eat ham. The elderly, patients with gastrointestinal ulcer fasting; suffering from acute and chronic diseases

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