Mapo tofu is one of eight major cuisines of the famous Sichuan cuisine. Constitute the main raw material from the tofu, which features a hemp, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, fresh, live character, called character Pr

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"Mapo tofu" why the name? Such a spread in Chengdu, Sichuan Legend:
In the Qing dynasty, Chengdu Manpower sauce works a surname temperature treasurer, the daughter of a pockmarked face, called temperature Qiaoqiao. She is married to an oil mill grinding Ma Chen dispensers. 10 years later, her husband was killed in tanker accident on his way. Her husband''s death, the life Qiaoqiao and sister became a problem. Transportation of oil workers and neighbors every day, she brought aid to both rice and vegetables. How-how about tofu shop next door are shops and mutton. Minced lamb accompanied her into the lamb stew tofu tofu, spicy flavor, after taste neighbors think delicious. Thus, the two aunts into the house restaurant, cottage home to lamb tofu for signature dishes served customers. Snack shop price is not expensive, taste good, business was very prosperous. How-how did not remarry after widowhood, has been living by operating lamb tofu. After her death, people in memory of her, put the lamb tofu called "bean curd", along the said date.
Now, "Mapo tofu" has become a home cooking can be seen everywhere, and travel on the sea, by the foreign friends love.
Legend II
Legend of the surname Chen Mapo, specifically to make tofu for a living. Years of the Qing wen, and Chengdu Wanfu Bridge is a gathering place for merchants, Chen Laotai This opened a tofu shop, because of her extraordinary skill points pulp to make white and tender tofu, baked tofu dishes and unique flavor, Therefore, the business is getting prosperous.
It actually brought to her door unexpectedly, a tofu shop proprietress of jealousy. One day, a passing mention just a couple of pounds of chopped beef to Chen Laotai good store takes a seat, door tofu shop proprietress relied on their own sort of pretty young and would give the guests ogle, the moment the guests will be pleasantly surprised forget the packet of beef went ahead went to her door, Chen Laotai Seeing this, the hearts of anger and angry. Then they went into some guests, they see food on the table and said to eat beef and beef fried tofu, Chen Laotai did not want to use someone else''s beef, but guests need food, this beef will do together with tofu dish to share with guests, and did not expect this dish again and flavorful taste, eat more and more people, business abnormal thermal explosion, steady stream.
The boss door grocery met angry, jealous, then in front of customers, said Chen Laotai ill, called her a ugly, is pockmarked. Chen Laotai a generous heart who, in the face of all this, she was dismissive, and concealment, under the strength to do his own business, and later, she simply hung his head in the door from a large sign, "Chen Mapo Tofu . " Later, a growing reputation in the shop, bean curd dishes that will channel the public''s known in the world, and to become the most famous popular tofu dishes.
Legend III
Chen Mapo Tofu (people who used to call bean curd) was founded in the first year of the Qing wen (1862), was started in Chengdu, North Hail to the bridge was originally called "Chen Xingsheng Fanpu." Owner Chen Chunfu early death, a small hotel will be operating by the boss, female boss surface micro hemp, called Chen Mapo, when the Hail Creek Bridge is an across government, not long wooden bridge is quite wide. High railings on both sides of the above is the fish, painted Golden painting of Qiaoting, the bridge is often the fruit seller, under the coolies of the Sedan Chair carts in this rest stop, jump the queue. Patronize "Chen Xingsheng Fanpu" picked oil is mainly porters. These people often buy tofu, beef. Then spoon some vegetable oil from the oil Louzi Li boss took the processing requirements. Chen for a long time to cook tofu has a unique set of cooking skills. Cooking tofu color taste a whole. Extraordinary won the popular, Chen cooked tofu which are famous. Late rush for bread, there were poet wrote: Ma Po Chen by name yet, baked tofu to taste the most refined, dynamic video screens Wanfu bridge, put together, Mr. drunken spring. Literati poet often here. The surface of people''s hearts softened by his boss will show the marks Ma Chen Mapo Tofu. This remark spread like wildfire Sui Wei brother''s wife. Fanpu So the title of "Chen Mapo Tofu." According to the "Chengdu to look through" records Chen Mapo Tofu in the Qing Dynasty have been cases of those famous food. As Chen Mapo Tofu transmission history of continuous efforts, Chen Mapo Sichuan restaurant hundred and forty years ago, although the enduring fame. And become famous at home and abroad, who won praise at home and abroad food. Mapo tofu, a northern suburb of Chengdu wen the early years of the bridge a small restaurant owner Edmond Sen Fu Chen (Chen Fuchun one that name) which was created by the wife of Liu. Liu facial pits, known as Chen Mapo. She created the bean curd, is called the "Chen Mapo tofu", the food store later to "Chen Mapo Tofu Shop" name. Popular newspaper published in 1909 in Chengdu "Chengdu to look through" (Fu Chong Qing • Moments with) have this shop and "Chen Mapo tofu", included with the package I Museum is Xing Yuan, Zhong dumpling par 22 and other stores " Chengdu famous food store. " "Jincheng Bamboo Branch", "Hibiscus Huajiu recorded" and other books on Chen Mapo Mapo Tofu created the history of both accounts. Late poet Fengjia Ji "Jincheng Zhuzhici" says: "Ma Po Chen by name yet, baked tofu to taste the most refined, dynamic video screens Wanfu bridge, put together, Mr. Chun drunk." Mapo Tofu reputation as outstanding, have been circulating the country, as well as Japan, Singapore and other countries.
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About belongs cuisine
Sichuan bean curd is Sichuan Landscape Department, Sichuan has a long history, both at home and abroad enjoy a high reputation. Ancient name of Sichuan Sichuan land, known as "Land of Abundance", located in the Yangtze River, a mild climate, abundant rainfall, hills, rivers and horizon, rich in grain, perennial vegetables and fruits, livestock and poultry varieties, producing mountains of deep Chute bear, deer, deer, roe deer, white fungus, Cordyceps, bamboo shoots and other delicacies of game, rivers and lakes have River Group, Accor fish, rock carp, sturgeon. Favorable natural environment, rich specialty resources, both for the formation and development of Sichuan cuisine provided favorable conditions.
Sichuan cuisine is based in Chengdu, Chongqing, two representatives of the local cuisine, choice of materials stress, specifications standardized, structured, clear coordination. Is characterized by prominent hemp, spicy, fragrant, fresh, oil and large, Wei Hou, reuse "three pepper" (chili, pepper, pepper) and fresh ginger. Methods of dry seasoning, garlic, smell, pepper hemp, oil, ginger, sweet and sour, litchi, garlic and other complex flavor type, formed a special flavor of Sichuan cuisine, enjoy the "one dish a grid, a hundred dishes Subway" and reputation. Good fried in cooking methods, sliding, leavened, explosion, stir fried, boiled, baked and so on. Especially the small fry, sauté, stir dry and dry place has its unique channel. From senior banquet "three steam Nine Rings" to the public meals, folk snacks, homemade flavor and so many dishes, fancy, fine craftsmanship. Its representative dishes include: kung pao chicken, dry fish, twice-cooked pork, bean curd, Fuqifeipian, smoked tea duck, beef stir dry silk, smell chicken, Dengying beef, fish-flavored pork, boiled beef and so on.
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Features
Mapo Tofu is the characteristics of hemp, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, fresh, live character Proverbs Chen shop called character. Ma, referring to when the tofu in the pot, sprinkle with the right amount of pepper to the end. Court to use pepper tribute tribute Hanyuan pepper, hemp taste pure, refreshing. Should not to pepper, hemp taste card throat, so popular bear, who have loss of appetite, who would then clip tofu? Early thirties, the warlords cutting squat melee, Hanyuan pepper exhausted, the shop except to buy out the county with a price of Chinese Law, but also sign a statement posted on shop doors supreme good pepper, bean curd rather not stop selling. The honest business practices in the industry to pass from his brother''s wife. Spicy, is the choice of Longtan Temple Law Dahongpao oil production watercress, chopped fine refining cooked, cook them a few kuai mature oil hot pepper tofu, Youla incense. Hot, that is clean wok and serve immediately, plaster tofu smell taste, cold soak bean rust government water taste, odor original colored sauce, and only brought back the smell of appetite. Cakes, beef Xianzai means the refining of golden color, not crisp red plates, dolphin, and capsules, entrance to the crisp, dip of the tender on the tooth, referring to the bean pot, boil for a short fried well, color white as jade have shocked a corner, a twist that is broken, it is mostly residential with a spoon to scoop food. Fresh, whole food ingredients that, Jujie fresh, fresh green, red and affordable, both fresh flavor and color, impeccable. Live, Chen Mapo Tofu shop in a stunt: tofu served, an inch-long garlic in the bowl upright stud, green Zhan Lan, Yau Yan Ze even, as if to pick just stretch of chopped, vivid, but folder of the entry, Jujie cooked, there is no jerky flavor. Anti-Japanese War, the mass popularity of the hotel, many Fanpu bean curd can be made; South Inland Chengdu, many restaurants are also linked to a bean curd dish, on the craft, working on the fire bean curd can be described as a martial arts of raw materials, natural ingredients have on the spicy taste, garlic alone the city was able to live without a break through that hurdle. South hit King Street, South Hall Street, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and restaurant, in order to make bean curd, has been heavily engaged with Chen Mapo Tofu restaurant chefs headed three divisions to Chen, when adjusted for three days to mention, fried garlic to impart life skills, also registered a newspaper. In catering for the Sichuan to win a reputation.