Homemade golden crispy tofu recipe

Tofu is rich in protein and has many benefits to your health. Tofu is soft, tastes good and is especially delicious. There are many ways to cook tofu. Every time I go home, I eat golden crispy tofu. It is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The golden appearance is even more delicious when dipped in some sauce. However, the production of golden crispy tofu requires certain skills, otherwise it will affect the taste. So how to make it?

raw material

Ingredients

Old tofu

Excipients

Scallions, eggs, flour

practice

1. Cut a whole piece of old tofu into small pieces 1 cm thick and soak them in salt water for a while.

2. Mix the eggs and flour evenly without adding water

3. Wrap the old tofu in the egg liquid and put it in the oil pan. Generally, put four or five pieces at a time. Don’t put too much. You can fry it in several batches.

4. Fry for a while and turn over until both sides of the tofu are golden brown.

5. Wash the pot, pour the fried tofu into the pot, add a small bowl of water, add appropriate amount of salt, a little sugar, a little soy sauce according to your taste, cover the pot and cook.

6. Cook until the water in the pot is boiled dry and the tofu is slightly charred. Add a little chopped green onion and serve.

Tips

1. It tastes better when it’s a little burnt.

Nutrition and efficacy

Flavor

It tastes sweet, salty, cold in nature and non-toxic.

Indications

It is mainly used to relieve fullness and replenish qi, harmonize the spleen and stomach, eliminate bloating, clear turbid qi from the large intestine, clear away heat and disperse blood.

Nutrients

Tofu is extremely nutritious, containing iron, magnesium, potassium, niacin, copper, calcium, zinc, phosphorus, folic acid, vitamin B1, lutein and vitamin B6. Every 100 grams of firm tofu contains 69.8% water, 15.7 grams of protein, 8.6 grams of fat, 4.3 grams of carbohydrates and 0.1 gram of fiber, providing 611.2 kilojoules of calories. The high amino acid and protein content in tofu makes it a good complement to grains. 78% of tofu fat is unsaturated fatty acids and it contains no cholesterol, so it is known as "plant meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is over 95%. Two small pieces of tofu can meet a person's daily calcium needs.

Tofu is a tonic, heat-clearing and health-promoting food. Regular consumption can replenish the middle and replenish qi, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote salivation and quench thirst, and clean the stomach and intestines. It is more suitable for people with hot constitution, bad breath, thirst, unclear stomach, and those recovering from fever. Modern medicine has confirmed that tofu not only has the functions of increasing nutrition, aiding digestion and enhancing appetite, but is also beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones (another fruit that has this function is the king of calcium - tamarind). It can increase the iron content in the blood during the hematopoietic function. Tofu does not contain cholesterol and is a medicinal food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis, and coronary heart disease. It is also an excellent food therapy for children, the sick and the elderly to supplement nutrition. Tofu is rich in phytoestrogens, which are good for preventing and treating osteoporosis. It also has the function of inhibiting breast cancer, prostate cancer and blood cancer. The sterols and stigmasterol in tofu are effective ingredients for inhibiting cancer.