Comments | vegancooking: bean curd sheets

roboticerotica in vegancooking

bean curd sheets

Mar 04, 2007 18:24

Hi everyone
I am having real trouble finding any recipes using dried bean curd sheets. I have been wrapping up cooked vegetables and noodles in soaked sheets, but i was wanting to know if anyone knows how to make entire dishes from the stuff. I know there is a way you can fold it and layer it and maybe bake it into some kind of mock meat???Thanks

beancurd sheets/yuba, ethnic food-asian

Comments 10

there sure is! zaftigvegan March 4 2007, 20:12:37 UTC

from veganmania.com/recipes ( ... )

Re: there sure is! roboticerotica March 4 2007, 20:53:28 UTC

wow I can't wait for dinner... I need more oil in my life!
Thanks so much!!!

Re: there sure is! koolestgrrlukno March 7 2007, 20:57:42 UTC

do you mind letting me know how this is once you make it? it sounds YUMMY!

Re: there sure is! roboticerotica March 7 2007, 21:21:31 UTC

i sort of changed this recipe because my bean curd sheets were different. I soaked them in the sauce then i rolled them up and tied with string and then I deep fried them.
They were best when i made them smaller so they got more crispy, cuz the inside wasn't gooey enough. It was kind of too chewy. I think it would be better to marinade the sheets even longer, like overnight to make them really absorb the sauce.
Also, I presoaked them in plain water. Next time i would just go ahead with the marinade straight away.
They were really nice, but i just love anything deep fried! They looked really cute too, with a little cotton thread around the crispy outside.

jes_sic_a March 4 2007, 20:20:10 UTC

try searching under yuba as well (it's another name for bean curd sheets).

yuba roboticerotica March 4 2007, 20:50:14 UTC

oh thanks! there are loads more recipes for yuba! The first one i found on google is great!

coco73 March 8 2007, 00:22:19 UTC

are bean curd sheets the same thing as "tofu bamboo". There's a Soyganic store close to my home that sells it and I'm curious.

tofu bamboo coco73 March 8 2007, 00:45:01 UTC

i've never heard of tofu bamboo. Bean curd sheets (or yuba) are dried sheets made from the top layer that forms when you make soymilk. It is dried and sold usually in asian grocery stores. The ingredients are just soybeans and water. It looks pale yellow and it is brittle when dry.
oes this help? xx

tofu bamboo roboticerotica March 8 2007, 00:45:27 UTC

Re: tofu bamboo coco73 March 8 2007, 02:46:22 UTC

yes, kind of. The ones near me are kept wet, but they sound quite similar. I've had Thai dishes that employed this and I've fallen in love with it.