Silken tofu (kinugoshi)

Tofu soyeux

What it is

Kinugoshi means silk-strained, and neither word is true: no silk touches it and nothing is strained. The soy milk is set with its coagulant directly in the box it will be sold in, so curds and whey never separate at all — the name describes only how it feels.

In the kitchen

It cannot be pressed, so stop trying; drain it on a tilted plate for ten minutes instead. Slide it into simmering water on the flat of a knife and keep the pot below a boil — anything more agitated and it breaks into clouds.

Goes with

Koikuchi shoyu Ginger Negi Katsuobushi (dried bonito) Toasted sesame oil Century egg (pidan) Wasabi

Same species

Chunjang Dark soy sauce Doenjang Douchi Edamame Fermented bean curd

Also used with

Bamboo salt Cheonggukjang Chinese toon shoots Dong cai Dried shrimp roe Duo jiao

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