Tofu has always been a versatile ingredient, and it always uses an inclusive attitude to cater to every ingredient that comes to meet it. Boiled with fish for freshness, and with cabbage, it can get its fresh taste. Today, when it encounters pig blood, the two perform their respective duties, bringing a lot of calcium and iron to the human body, which greatly improves people’s immunity. Today I will teach you a method of boiling pig blood, and the boiled pig blood is delicate and smooth, and there will be no fishy smell at all. If you want to know the method, let’s take a look together.
【Pork blood tofu soup】
Ingredients to prepare: tofu, pork blood, ginger, shallots, pork, cooking oil, salt, chicken essence
The specific steps are as follows:
1. Wash the purchased pig blood first, cut it into small cubes, and set it aside for later.
2. Then cut the tofu into small square cubes and put it in a bowl for later use.
3. Prepare the ingredients, a piece of ginger, half sliced, half minced, and then prepare a few fine green onions, remember to separate the green onion white and green onion leaves, because one will be used in different places. Put the chopped green onion and minced ginger together, set the green onion leaves aside, and wait for later.
4. Then prepare some lean meat on the front legs of the pig, not much, about a dollar is enough, after washing, cut thin slices.
5. Now comes the most critical step, blanching the pig’s blood. First add an appropriate amount of cold water to the pot, then add the sliced ginger, then turn on a high heat, remember to gently turn the pig blood in the pot with a spatula a few times when blanching the water to make it evenly heated.
6. When the water in the pot is not yet boiling, add a small bowl of cold water to the pot, so that the boiled pig blood tastes more tender and will not produce fine holes on the surface and inside. Add two more cool water according to this method, during which time you will push frequently with a shovel. When there is no red blood inside the pig’s blood, which proves that it is ripe, it can be fished out with a colander.
7. Take a larger bowl, add half a bowl of cold water, put the pig blood in it, and then wash the foam and impurities remaining on the surface of the pig blood by hand, and then rinse it under running water.
8. Pour the oil into the pot, wait for the oil to be hot, first add green onion and white fry to stir-fry the aroma, then add an appropriate amount of boiling water, and then pour the tofu into the pot, after two minutes the tofu is slightly cooked, and then pour in the washed pig’s blood, and then add the minced ginger to it, and use a spatula to turn the ingredients in the pot a few times to heat it evenly. Finally, add the sliced meat and cook together.
9. After the meat slices in the pot change color and break, add an appropriate amount of salt and a spoonful of chicken essence, cook for about two minutes, and when the pot is boiled, this pork blood stewed tofu is ready, after serving, sprinkle a little prepared green onion to garnish, you can enjoy.
【Love Tips】
1. The foam on the pig’s blood must be washed clean, otherwise the pig’s blood that cannot be washed clean will be fishy.
2. When blanching pig blood, remember to put cold water into the pot, so that no small honeycomb will be produced on the pig’s blood, so that it can look delicate and tender, and taste better.
When it’s cold, take a sip of hot soup and warm up your whole body and mind. The delicate nature of tofu and the smoothness of pig’s blood blend together in the mouth, and although they both look unremarkable, they shine after they meet, and it makes you believe that sometimes one plus one can be greater than two.
