Keqiao Five Spice Dried Tea

Overview

Shaoxing stinky tofu is a famous specialty of Shaoxing, and its little-known brother, Keqiao spiced dried tea, is also a specialty of Shaoxing. Zhou Dehe's dried tea from the triangular bridge outside Chang'an Gate, which Mr. Zhou Zuoren talked about in "Eating Tea", is the predecessor of Keqiao dried tea. Keqiao dried tea is small and thin, one inch square and only half as thick. It is dark and tough, with a color like red sandalwood. It tastes slightly salty, fragrant and sweet, and when chewed slowly, there is a little fresh juice to moisten your mouth. The five-spice dried tea has exquisite ingredients, and is refined with more than a dozen auxiliary ingredients such as anise, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, kaempferol, rice wine, tangerine peel, licorice, and rock sugar. It is simmered over a slow fire. It tastes fresh, salty, sweet, fragrant, chewed carefully, and has a long aftertaste. It is one of the must-have snacks for my son’s spring outing tomorrow.

Tags

• vegetarian dishes
• dried tofu
• homemade marinated buns
• mother and child soy sauce
• rice wine
• rock sugar
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare ingredients

   

2. 2 Pour about 1000ML cold water into the pot

   

3. 3 Add marinade, rice wine, rock sugar, mother and son soy sauce, salt

   

4. 4 Clean the dried tofu, put it into the pot, and bring to a boil over high heat for about 3 minutes

   

5. 5 If you like spicy food, you can add chili peppers. My family loves spicy food, so I added a few dried red chili peppers, then turned to low heat and simmered

   

6. 6 Simmer over low heat for about an hour (the longer it cooks, the more flavorful it will be)

   

7. 7 Remove from pan and plate