Xiushan Rice Tofu 秀山米豆腐
Xiushan Rice Tofu is featured among the local specialties of Chongqing.
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Xiushan Rice Tofu (秀山米豆腐) is a well-known snack of Xiushan Tujia and Miao Autonomous County (秀山土家族苗族自治县), Chongqing, made mainly from rice and lime.
Ingredients
The county names rice and lime as the two main raw materials. Japonica and glutinous rice are too sticky and hard to work with, so makers prefer indica rice from the early, middle or late crop, or broken rice. For the lime, freshly made lime is considered best.
Where it comes from
The county government describes Xiushan Rice Tofu as a food the people of Xiushan created over long everyday practice, with a long history, a distinctive method and a fresh, pleasant taste. It is known as a local snack both in Xiushan and in the surrounding area.
The county publishes the Xiushan rice tofu food custom (秀山米豆腐食俗) among the municipal-level intangible heritage items of the Wuling Mountains (South-east Chongqing) Tujia and Miao Cultural Ecology Protection Zone (武陵山区（渝东南）土家族苗族文化生态保护区), and values it as a record of the area's food customs.
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The general Chongqing rice-tofu page covers the snack across the city; this is the Xiushan version, which the county ties to indica or broken rice and fresh lime and lists as a municipal-level heritage food custom.
Sources & reading
Written from the linked sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer on 2026-09-23. Recipes and servings vary between kitchens.