三鲜豆皮 Seafood tofu

　　If you come to Hubei but did not eat the seafood tofu,that equals you have not been to Hubei.You are only a hurried passers.The Seafood tofu is one of the main breakfast food for Hubei people and also one of the most popular Chinese traditional snacks.In the past, it was the special holiday food that eat at festival,then it becomes the common breakfast food.

　　The seafood tofu is made by glutinous rice and bean curd.Because the filling of it is meat,egg and shrimp (or meat, mushroom and bamboo shoots),so it is named seafood tofu.It has a golden color,the skin is thin,the rice is soft and tender,it has smooth flavor and the fresh taste.It is famous for its unique taste.

　　In the process of making bean curd,it need the thin skin,clear paste and the good control of baking temperature.Only do these three points,the seafood tofu will be much oil but not greasy,the outer is crisp and the inner is soft and tender.The seafood tofu is absolutely no less delicious than hamburgers and pizza.The seafood tofu has very strict requirements.The bean must be the peel-back mung bean,the skin must be refined rice paste.The filling of the seafood tofu must be the glutinous rice comes from Hunan.The shape of the seafood tofu is square and thin,the color of it is golden and the taste of it must be fragrant and intoxicated.

　　Watching the cook to make seafood tofu is a kind of enjoyment.You can see a diameter of about one meter five big iron on the fire,when the pot is hot,the cook will pour the milky white bean paste into the pan and make it thin.After that put the egg mixture on the bean skin,then turn around it,fry the egg side.Then put the glutinous rice and the seasoning which is made by bamboo shoots, mustard,mushroom and meat.The cook usually turn over the pot to show off their cooking technology.Turn the semi-finished bean curd to the other side,then pour the oil.After a few minutes,sprinkle it with chopped green onion.Through this way,the finished seafood tofu has a diameter of about one meter,the cook will break up it with two plates.It is sold with a shape of ten centimeter square.