Delicious fried stinky tofu, where is the key?

The deliciousness of fried stinky tofu, I personally have some small impressions.

outside and inside

Crispy fried on the outside is a must, and the first step in the bite must have a cracking feeling of the tofu skin; although the sauce does not penetrate into the tofu on the slippery tofu skin, it can break the skin from the moment Then enter.

The skin is crispy and most shops can do it, but the second bite should no longer be a three-dimensional crispy feeling. The inside must be soft , that is , the outside is crispy and the inside is soft .

The white part of the tofu is usually soft, and the second bite must be " really tasted and felt the inside ". It's not like eating tofu.

The white and soft interior can absorb the sauce, and with the crispy skin at the first bite, this stinky tofu is the high pole.

The above is just the first step in frying stinky tofu.

sauce

Friends who eat dumplings and hot pot know that whether the dumplings and hot pot are delicious or not, it is not just that the dumplings and hot pot ingredients themselves are delicious! The focus is on the combination of sauces!

When you eat dumplings and hot pot, you can make your own DIY sauces, and more than half of the sauce distribution rights can be handled by yourself! But fried stinky tofu is more realistic, and you can't handle it by yourself. Most of the fried stinky tofu is served with sauce already poured on the tofu by the store, and the most we can do is to add more chili peppers.

I personally prefer garlic flavor to the sauce, but it's not that simple. The ingredients of the sauce are a big question. If the taste is not right, the points will be greatly reduced, the thickness and amount, and the amount absorbed into the tofu, etc. , have a great relationship, directly affect the taste.

Each company has a unique recipe for sauce , and sometimes the sauce can determine the success or failure of the entire plate of stinky tofu, and how to prepare this unique recipe is not a secret.

Pickle

There is also a very important and decisive ingredient for fried stinky tofu, which is kimchi!

Some people say that eating stinky tofu is eating kimchi! The delicious kimchi determines the quality of the whole plate of stinky tofu!

This sentence can only be partly true. As I just said, the fried tofu and the sauce also account for a very large proportion, but why do people emphasize kimchi?

Because the kimchi with fried stinky tofu is not to be used as a food alone , it is an ingredient to be eaten together with fried stinky tofu and sauce!

We use chopsticks to put in the mouth, usually not only tofu and sauce, but also with kimchi . The sourness of the pickled vegetables neutralizes the salty taste of the sauce, and the crispness of the vegetables is balanced with the soft and tender skin of the fried tofu. After eating this mouthful, there will be a complex taste that flows from hundreds of rivers, and the more you eat, the happier you will experience.

Tofu itself has no taste. It must be enhanced by sauce and kimchi. The taste of kimchi is strong, and the substance is more present than the sauce. Therefore, it is natural to feel that kimchi is the most important thing in fried stinky tofu.

The production of kimchi is a university question, and it is almost another important dish technique, but it is even more difficult to handle kimchi used as an ingredient for stinky tofu. You must also consider the complementarity of the sauce and fried stinky tofu, which is probably It is the brainchild of many stinky tofu masters, and it is also a secret !

Fried stinky tofu is not easy to learn

Fried stinky tofu is a snack, and it may not be in the most elegant halls. It should not be served in large restaurants. It will only appear in night markets, rural areas and small stalls in alleys.
Seemingly simple desserts, it seems that everyone can make them, but the real delicious taste is difficult, and the taste of each store will not be the same.

This is why delicious stinky tofu stalls are always hard to find and there are long queues!

When I was a child, I found a delicious stinky tofu at Shilin Night Market, and I often had to go there to eat it. The stall I remembered produced perfect stinky tofu that met my requirements everywhere! But after several migrations in Shilin Night Market, I don't know where they went!

There is no shortage of delicious fried stinky tofu stalls in Taipei, but I have never tried them all carefully, and now that I think about it, I must act! (clenching fist) If you have a pocket list, don't be stingy to let me know!

• Text / 2019.10.15
• Additions / 2021.10.15