Braised tofu is a famous local dish, belonging to Hunan cuisine (most famous in Wugang, the capital of red-cooked dishes in China). As a home-cooked dish, it is easy to operate and suitable for a wide range of people.

Tofu is rich in nutrition, containing many essential trace elements such as iron, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium, as well as sugar, vegetable oil and rich high-quality protein, and is known as "vegetable meat". The digestion and absorption rate of tofu is above 95%. Tofu is a nourishing, heat-clearing and health-preserving food. Regular eating can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production to quench thirst and clear the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath, thirst, indigestion and fever. Modern medicine has proved that tofu not only has the function of increasing nutrition, helping digestion and stimulating appetite, but also is quite beneficial to the growth and development of teeth and bones. Tofu is sweet and cool, and has the effects of invigorating qi, harmonizing middle energizer, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.