Old tofu, the most popular breakfast in Shanxi

In many parts of Shanxi, the citizens who get up early basically do not make breakfast by themselves, but go to the breakfast stall to get a bowl of old tofu.

This kind of food is not only affordable and cheap, but also tastes very good. It is more important to see the streets of stalls running old tofu everywhere. People can taste delicious breakfast without looking for.

However, what I want to tell you today is not a certain kind of tofu eaten on weekdays, but the breakfast that Shanxi people must eat early.

Shanxi people often say that old tofu refers to tofu brain, which is a very common breakfast food.

One of the topics on the Internet in the past, is that the tofu brain is salty or sweet?

In this regard, southern netizens believe that sweet tofu brain is elected first, but northern netizens feel that salty tofu brain is better.

Shanxi is located in the northern part of my country. The tofu brain is dominated by salty aroma and is very distinctive.

The Shanxi version of the tofu brain is white and translucent, tender, not loose, brown and not light, and unique flavor. Among them, there are about two ways to drink tofu brain. One is that the bowls are all tofu brain. In addition to putting leek flower sauce, pepper oil and other condiments, no need to add any condiments, and the other is in the tofu brain in the tofu brain. Add the powder soup, this kind of powder can be used as a "head".

This kind of powder soup is usually made of starch, and the color is deep and heavy. It is cooked with noodles, kelp shreds, soybeans, daylily, etc., as well as soy products such as bamboo.

People in the Taiyuan area of ​​Shanxi Province only drink one kind of old tofu, and they always like to add powder soup, pour a layer of powder soup on the white tofu brain. The taste is rich and the layers are clear. Looking at it, people's index finger moves.

Of course, if you don't like to eat powder soup, you can also choose to use the tofu brain. However, even so, the seasoning is still particular, the materials for selection of leek flower sauce and chili oil are very important.

Leek sauce needs to be made from large leek flowers, fresh ginger, apples, etc., without adding any preservatives, and can be stored for a long time after making it.

The production of pepper oil is also particular. First of all, you need to grind the red pepper, stir well with sesame seeds, and then pour it with the hot rapeseed oil. The oil temperature is moderate, so that the cooked chili oil taste is delicious.

Add a small spoonful of leek flower sauce and chili oil to the white tofu brain. The white, green and red color of the bowl of the bowl blend with each other, which makes people watch, smell and eat.

Get up in the morning to eat a bowl of hot tofu brain, and with a fried golden hemp, both nutrition and refreshing, the mood of the day becomes extremely comfortable.

Source: Shanxi Cultural Memory Collection

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