What exactly is tofu anyways?

Question

thanks for the info

Answer 1

Tofu, sometimes also called doufu (often in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin, made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks. The making of tofu from soy milk is similar to the technique of making cheese from milk. Wheat gluten, or seitan, in its steamed and fried forms, is often mistakenly called “tofu” in Asian or vegetarian dishes.

Answer 2

Tofu is a great protein source (and calcium too depending on how it is processed). It absorbs flavors very well because its flavor is extremely mild. It comes in many levels of firmness. Silken tofu is the least firm. Even if it the packages states it is "firm" silken tofu, there is nothing firm about it - it is still very wet and smooshy. That is best for making puddings and smoothies or for floating in miso soup. It breaks up too easily to fry.

If you would like to fry tofu, you need to find the kind floating in a little tub of water. That can be pressed between paper towels to get rid of even more water. If you want a chewier texture, you can freeze it and then thaw it and that makes it more "chicken-like".

Answer 3

Depends on the type you get, but basically bean curd. You can buy silken types, rough meatier types. Lots of variety of Soy bean curd

Answer 4

soy bean curd. great for adding to recipes in replacement of meat. it absorbs flavors easily and tastes great in a dish. alone, it is pretty tasteless.

Answer 5

it is a sort of cheese which is made of bean curd and chinese people use it as a mood of food

Answer 6

tofu is really soft squishy nasty stuff that i doubt you would probably ever want to try eating

Answer 7

kinda tasteless white stuff, you'd be better off making some homemade cheese and mixing that instead unless you are hardcore vegan

Answer 8

bunch of soy beans

Answer 9

soy beans

Answer 10

soy protein