Homemade salt-braised tofu

Homemade salt-braised tofu

Overview

Cleaning the house on the 24th, making tofu on the 25th, cutting New Year meat on the 26th, slaughtering the New Year chicken on the 27th... Every day has a specific year to be busy, until New Year's Eve. When I was a kid, making tofu during the Chinese New Year was a major event during the Chinese New Year. I would often have to spend a busy day drinking tofu, drinking bean juice, frying tofu, making dried tofu, and eating soft tofu directly with some pickles. It was a really enjoyable New Year. Nowadays, few people make their own tofu. First, there is no stone mill to grind the beans, and it is difficult to buy salt brine at 20. But since I got the original juicer, the problem has not been difficult. I bought some salt brine tablets from a tofu store and everything was fine.

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Steps

  1. Soak the soybeans overnight, at least 10 hours in winter.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 1

  2. Add 10 times of water and use a juicer to grind it into bean juice. You can filter it again at the same time.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 2

  3. Filter the bean juice through gauze again. The finer the filter, the better.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 3

  4. Put the bean juice in the pot and prepare to boil.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 4

  5. After boiling, simmer for a while, then bring to a boil again, repeat three times, and skim off the foam as much as possible.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 5

  6. Another way to cook bean juice is to keep about 200ml of raw bean juice, and pour in one-third of the raw bean juice every time the pot is opened. You don't need to use low heat, and you can also add raw water.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 6

  7. Let the cooked bean juice cool down to 80 degrees. Without a thermometer, leave it for about 7 or 8 minutes.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 7

  8. While the bean juice is resting, add 5 grams of salt brine (40:1 to dry beans) and 20 ml of water to dissolve.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 8

  9. Stir the brine water into the bean juice three times with a spoon, just make a few circles without stirring vigorously.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 9

  10. After one minute each time, the tofu curd will basically solidify by the third time.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 10

  11. After sucking out the water, prepare to press the tofu.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 11

  12. A tofu mold or a small drained frame can be used. Cover it with wet gauze and pour in the tofu curd.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 12

  13. Wrap it in gauze and put something heavy on it for half an hour. If it takes too long, the tofu will be too dry and taste bad.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 13

  14. The salt-marinated tofu is ready.

    Homemade salt-braised tofu step 14