The taste of Zhuhou sauce and soybean sauce are different.
Soybean paste is made by grinding soybeans into powder and then fermenting it. It is a popular condiment. Zhuhou paste also has a fermentation process. It uses soybeans and flour to ferment, then adds lard, sugar, and sesame seeds and continues to steam. system. Main uses of Zhuhou sauce: used to cook chicken, beef, duck, pig and other livestock and poultry meat. It is fragrant and delicious, the meat is fresh and tender, and not greasy; soybean sauce is used for seasoning and noodles, suitable for cooking various dishes, common dishes Styles include stir-fried shredded potatoes with bean paste, spicy tofu, twice-cooked winter melon, hot and sour vermicelli and so on.
The origin of Zhuhou Sauce
According to legend, during the Tongzhi period more than 100 years ago, the Sanpinlou Restaurant near the ancestral temple had a very prosperous business. There was a chef in the restaurant named Liang Zhuhou. The dishes are well researched and the taste of the dishes is unique, especially the meat recipes, which are both delicious and delicious.
It turns out that Liang Zhuhou did not use the bean paste sold in the market when cooking, but made his own sauce as a seasoning. Later, Liang Zhuhou opened a snack shop and sold sauce. People named it Zhuhou Sauce. After Liang Zhuhou passed away in old age, people inherited his method of making sauce and spread it. Zhuhou Sauce has become a specialty of Foshan and is sold throughout the country.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhuhou Sauce was produced by the soy sauce factory. In 1956, the annual output was 64 tons, of which 400 kilograms were sold to Hong Kong and Macau. In 1967, the soy sauce factory was renamed the Pearl River Soy Sauce Factory and used "Pearl River Bridge" as its trademark. In 1978, the annual output of Zhuhou Sauce was 118 tons, and the export volume was 78 tons; by 1985, the output had reached 385 tons, and the export volume was 106 tons. In 1985, Zhuhou Sauce won the title of "Quality Product" of the province. To this day, Zhuhou Sauce is still one of the company's famous brand products.