Tofu skin

Bean skin is one of the most common snacks in Wuhan, and it is almost as famous as hot dry noodles. The bean skin is made in one go from production to cooking, revealing a refreshing Jianghu atmosphere, and it is the representative of the snack that is most in line with the character of Wuhan. Someone once used "a bowl of hot dry noodles to kill a hundred ghosts, and a pot of bean skin to burn the gods" as a metaphor for this city.

The production of bean skin requires "thin skin, clear pulp, and good fire", and only the master who has been operating the pot for many years can grasp the proportion. The bean skin in the taste of old Wuhan people is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, salty and fragrant. In particular, the freshly cooked tofu skin tastes the best, and you can eat the crispy texture of the egg skin. Therefore, among the special snacks in Wuhan, only the bean skin can make the short-tempered Wuhan people patiently wait for this bite of crispy just out of the pot. The sizzling sound of fried egg skin, the sound of the master shaking the pot, and the crisp sound of the disk cutting the bean skin constitute a song of Wuhan street food. Paired with a bowl of rice wine or eggnog, it is the most authentic snack pairing in Jiangcheng.

At present, there are roughly two styles of tofu skin on the streets of Wuhan, one is the dry and fragrant traditional bean skin; The other has been modified with the addition of brine toppings. The two styles have their own characteristics, and they both represent the food flavor of Wuhan people.

For out-of-town diners, hearing the word "tofu skin" for the first time can't help but make people look at it and associate it with "tofu skin". It is actually a snack similar to omelette-wrapped sticky rice. The production process is to beat rice and mung beans or soybeans into a paddle and spread the skin, add egg liquid to make egg skin while spreading the skin, then spread glutinous rice, and then sprinkle in diced meat, shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots and other ingredients, turn over and cut into squares. The tool for cutting bean skin used to be clam shells, but now the store mostly uses porcelain plates instead.