According to legend, in ancient times, there was a doctor at the foot of Yunshan, a scenic spot in southern Chu, Wugang. He was kind and received very little money for seeing a doctor in a poor family. To this end, patients often give him some small foods such as tofu and eggs. One year, there was a plague in the local area. In order to save the patients, he set up a pot at home to decoct medicine. One day, he went out to see a doctor and asked his blind mother to help him decoct medicine. Mother accidentally poured the few pieces of dried tofu in the house into the medicine pot and boiled it with the medicine. It was not until the medicine was decocted and distributed to the patient that his mother discovered it. People are afraid that tofu is poisonous, so they quickly put these tofu aside and prepare to throw it away. His mother was distressed by these tofu, so she secretly put them away and secretly ate them as vegetables. As soon as his mother ate this tofu, she found it more delicious than the original, and the taste was more fragrant and smooth.
At this point, the doctor carefully analyzed the prescription of the day, and found that this kind of tofu has the function of expelling toxins from the human body, so he began to specialize in making marinated tofu as a medicine introduction and nourishing food for the sick. After eating, patients feel good effects on treatment and physical recovery.
Later, the doctor told the poor people about this prescription. According to this method, they make tofu for their own supply. The marinated tofu slowly became popular in the local area.
There is also a legend that during the Ming Dynasty, the chef of a royal residence in Wugang King Town brought the secret recipe of braised tofu to the people, and then it was popularized among the people, so ordinary people could also enjoy royal food.
With the practice of later generations, the makers of marinated bean curd slowly modified the prescription of marinated bean curd, which formed a special taste characteristic of fragrance, coolness and smoothness, and had the effects of expelling toxin and expelling wind, keeping fit and keeping young.
Note: Wugang, a central city in southwest Hunan, is one of the locations where the story of the TV series The Last Battle took place.