HOW TO MAKE SILKEN TOFU (easily at home!) | Mary's Test Kitchen
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Hi friends! OMG DONT USE MASON JARS LIKE ME Make your own silken tofu at home from scratch using soybeans, lemon juice (or gypsum) and water! Fresh, handmade tofu is so much better tasting than the store-bought stuff and super easy to make. Of course, lemon juice isn't really a traditional ingredient in tofu. Calcium sulfate, also known as gypsum, is the common coagulant used in Chinese tofu and makes a superior silken tofu. But don't head to your local hardware store. You can find food grade gypsum at beer and wine-making stores or online (amzn.to/2q4dZru).
Store bought soymilk usually contains a bunch of additives so you won't want to use that for this recipe. These additives can affect the PH of the milk and prevent coagulation. That's why I've included how to make soy milk from soybeans in this video. You'll want to soak the soybeans ahead of time so start early! Buy mature soybeans (not edamame) from grocery stores, health food stores, bulk food stores or online (amzn.to/2H73dJb).
Clarification on soybeans: some fine wrinkles are OK, but if they are really really wrinkly, that means they are probably too old and dried out.
On my previous tofu making tutorial, I got lots of questions about using store-bought milk. So I tested two types of store-bought milk: soy milk and almond milk. Watch to see what happened!
You may have heard some rumours about soy, but this legume been consumed in China for centuries! Soy is one of the "5 Sacred Grains" and is one of the most healthful sources of protein.
Full blog post on how to make silken tofu: www.marystestkitchen.com/diy-s...
Timestamps
Start - soaking beans: 1:09
Blending: 1:55
Straining: 2:39
Cooking raw soy milk: 4:05
Picking coagulants: 5:30
Steaming: 7:40
Results with gypsum: 8:14
Results with lemon juice: 8:58
Results with store-bought milk: 9:35
Soy Sauce Tofu Scramble: 10:40
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Buy soybeans online (do not choose soy nuts or edamame):
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Buy food grade gypsum:
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Full blog post on how to make silken tofu:
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Previous Soy Milk Tutorial:
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Less Beany Soy Milk (for drinking, not recommended for making tofu):
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Now I really feel like I have to find a good source for nut milk bags and soy beans (and gypsum... there's only nigari around here, and I'm not sure what kind of result it would give) ! Though just to be sure, how long does the silken tofu keep in the fridge ? Like regular tofu ?
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Great question! It keeps a few days, like regular tofu. Store in water and change that water daily to extend freshness :-)
@phillipmutchell7362
6 жыл бұрын
Gypsum should be available in any home brew beer store as it's used to harden soft water.
@theresaromeo5484
5 жыл бұрын
Wish has great nut milk bags cheap to.
@slowfire2
5 жыл бұрын
Can you use a slightly worn kitchen towel in a strainer as a nut bag? Domt want to but more stuff.
@vincentrock1994
5 жыл бұрын
Hi....... I want to be a vegetarian........
OMG how are you a genius
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
haha aw shucks
@tridoshic1688
4 жыл бұрын
youuuuu!!!
I love how detailed your videos are and how you show what happens if you do certain things.
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Leo!
@Nerdyboeki
4 жыл бұрын
Yes me to!
This is amazing!! You provided so much detail. I just bought a mold to try to make my own homemade tofu so I'm excited for your updated tutorial for regular tofu. I definitely want to try this one too -- your scramble looked amazing 😱and now that you mention serving it with sweetened condensed milk it sounds so good.
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Sarah!
@theresaromeo5484
5 жыл бұрын
You can make sweetened condensed soy milk. I think she has a video showing that. Her videos have helped me so much.
Omg this makes me feel so nostalgic, when I was still in China I used to eat silken tofu/豆腐花/豆腐脑 every morning as breakfast with 包子 and 小笼包... but now that I am living abroad I miss it so much :( so much memories
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
gotta love the nostalgia
This video was amazing. I actually enjoy this tutorial better than most. It's a nice, relaxing video, and it's detailed. I like how you go more in-depth and show the different outcomes for if one were to variate from one of the recipes. All in all, it was great! Definitely subscribing.
@marystestkitchen
4 жыл бұрын
thanks so much!
@qaasimabdullah5598
4 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen no problem! It's a very well put together video
This is your best tutorial yet!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Alex!
Top marks for presentation, pace, thoroughness of information, and range. One of the best instructional videos I have viewed!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much!
This is amazing!! Thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to try this!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome :-) Thanks for watching
I made your other firmer tofu recipe last year with great results! I enjoyed the whole process and will be giving this a go as well, thanks for your videos, love your recipes, x
I so wanna try this out. I always wondered about those creamy, mousse-luke fruit puddings made with silken tofu and fruit! I can't wait!
love these videos! Inspires me to make more of my own basics :)
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thanks for watching, Olivia!
I tried your previous recipe for homemade tofu and it was so lovely, I can't bring myself to buy store bought. Will definitely try this next week.
Finallyyyy!!! Thank u! I started watching your channel because I was searching for a DIY tofu video...but I was sad not to find a video also on silken tofu...now u made my day :) and thanks also for the tip about the consistency of the okara... I think that in my past batches the grain size was too big, and the result wasn't as good as I hoped...now I will try again!
i am an omnivore interested in eating plant based more often and your videos make me want to continue more than anyone elses. thanks mary!
Bes tutorial ever... I always thought your channel was amazing, but you're getting even better.
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
aww thank you!!
@Whatsername4224
6 жыл бұрын
Raissa Ferreira Agree!
Very detailed!! Loved this recipe ❤️
Have had this on my "to do" list for a few years. Well today was the day (technically started yesterday for the bean soaking part.) Wow this came out great. Thanks for the great video!
Love love love and appreciate you, Mary!🤗😘
Hi Mary, soy is new to me, have been scared of it but I’m going to try your recipes. Thank you
Fab video, I love the storage info, something most videos lack :( Subscribed to your channel and notifications. Thank-you so much for the info x x
This is great! I might try making this at home. We have a similar version in our country called tahô and it's mixed with muscovado sugar caramel and tapioca pearls and this is best served hot. Btw, I am looking forward to your new regular tofu video. I recently made one at home but I used a 1/2 tsp rock salt then 3 tbsp of Coco vinegar as coagulant. It worked well for me and I can really say that homemade tastes better than store bought ones.
Sounds interesting ...m so happy n thankful for such detailed explanation... can't wait to try this...soonest i'll pen down my experience of it...👍
tofu scramble with homemade tofu- WHAT A LUXURY!
Engrossing tutorial, Mary! Many years ago, after first becoming a vegetarian, I tried making my own tofu, with mostly disappointing results. I recall a particularly heinous sprouted cultured tofu that was like eating soft candle wax . . . But, I will attempt to buy good quality dried soybeans and to source gypsum to try this recipe soon, because fresh soft tofu is hard to find hereabouts. TFP!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
mmm candle wax he he he he ;-)
Truly awesome. Just what I needed. Thanks
you are like a cool aunt i never had
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
;-)
This is really spectacular, I definitely want to try this! 😱💖
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Have fun with it!
yay another awesome video!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Joyce!
It finally worked mary!! Haha tried diff. Kinds of recipes and it ended up like the ones at the end of your video. This one is much better. Wish i could show you a picture!
Loved your style, you make the recipe so easy and fun to follow. Subscribed!!!
@marystestkitchen
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Your videos are perfect. Not only informative but entertaining and impeccably made. Subscribed!
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
what a sweet comment 😊 thank you!
Also I must say I've read about how to make soy milk and tofu but didn't think I could do it. You explain things so well and make it seem like it's not crazy complicated like some books do. I made soy milk thanks to you! Tofu is next
You are amazing Mary!
i think i might try this silken tofu with lemon juice as a dessert with red beans. Thank you for another wondeful recipe!
Thanks for this! This is really helpful with trying to save money and wasting less
Really good job. I like you giving options. Hope you can also show some recipes with the silken tofu that you made, especially the one using calcium. Thanks!! 👍👍
I enjoy listening to you. It's the first video of yours that i have watched. Thanks and going to check out other videos of yours. This helps during Daniel's fast.
@marystestkitchen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much :-) Enjoy!
Instead of showing one way to make it, you even included more options which I appreciate. 😍 thank u so much!❤
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
Loved this. This is why I started watching your videos years ago!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
#backtobasics ;-)
Thanks, I had no idea it was so easy to make tofu (of any kind) -- it always kinda intimidated me, so it's nice to see the steps outlined so clearly! And the failed experiments were also helpful to see, because those are the things people are likely to try (and then wonder WHY DID THIS NOT WORK?!), ha ha.
Thank you so much Maryyyy
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome, Angeline!
@lebleurenard9526
6 жыл бұрын
Noooooo thank you ! Thanks to your recipes a lot of my friends, family and co-workers love to dig into more vegan food than before. They're always whining to have more cream filled doughnuts haha
Great instructions. I'm giving this a go.
You’re the best, Mary!
I always use your first tofu recipe and I'm going to use this one too
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
that's awesome to hear!
The homemade soy milk version look SO much more appetizing. Thanks for sharing!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome! Thanks for watching
@sugumaranjayaram3184
3 жыл бұрын
@@marystestkitchen Thank you very much for a detailed video 🙏soya milk from the store and Gypsum, will it give thicker Tofu? Because the video had Store Soya milk with lemon juice which does not give a good thick tofu. Sorry if I miss anything in the video.
Wow! Great experiment now I know, thanks!
It's amazing that you can make tofu using acidic solution and basic solution!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Cooking is just chemistry anyways, right? ;-) Thanks for watching!
I love making fresh tofu. I have to try this soon.
Thank you. It looks yummy!!
Great video! Can't wait to try.
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Julie! Have fun with it
this looks so good
Thank you, it’s looks good I will try it.
How is it possible that I found this amazing channel only now?
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
Good things come to those who didn't even know they were waiting😁
Wow! This was just a really perfect video on homemade silky tofu and took the time of explaining how lemon and gypsum and store bought nondairy all make a difference. I saved this video in my text messages so when I get paid next week, I can make this with gypsum. I wonder if it would be good with warmed condensed milk infused with cardamom and a little brown sugar poured over the soft tofu. Can hardly wait!! 💙
Oh how fun, thanks Mary you make it look so easy. I love silken tofu.
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
Once you get the hang of making the soy milk, the rest is really easy! :-) Thanks so much for watching
You have explained this so, so well! Thank you very much! ❤
@marystestkitchen
11 ай бұрын
You are very welcome!
Thanks for this great and lovely tutorial! I heard that the okara can also be eaten and used in a variety of dishes . Could you do a episode on that? And do you think the okara can be bought in the supermarket?
Omg Mary you've outdone yourself.
Great video again! And I love how you experience so we know how it's gonna turn out with different approaches. I love it thanks!! Can this be used as silken tofu for vegan mayo ?
@Mary-sq1ni
5 жыл бұрын
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Awesome tutorial. I made soy milk few weeks ago for the first time. It was a hassle and it tasted too bitter. I couldn't drink it. I boiled it some more and curdled it wity lemon hoping that it will make tofu. It did and surprise surprise the tofu was not bitter and I enjoyed cooking with it. Your recipe seems great. I should give it a try.
thanks for the video, got help in making soy milk and silken tofu and also a lot of knowledge about soy
Thanks for using a high power and a regular blender. Thats very good thank you 👍
I got very excited on another of your tofu posts, as I had made my first tofu. I've experimented with lemon and vinegar, with varying results. As you told me, it makes a difference how I form it, the amount, and time of pressure. I'm learning. Now, with this silken tofu, am I correct in seeing that the difference in this and regular tofu is that there's no pressure and it is steamed? I'm not clear on that but will go through the video again. Thanks for showing this. I subscribed.
Awesome!!
Nice. Love your videos.
Thank you. I’m new at this and you are a did a great job.
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
Great video, thank you so much!
Great help. Thank you. I am getting some gypsum-who knew. I have been buying flavored desert tofu. Can you do a video on how to make fruit or coconut flavors.
I LOVE silken tofu! Especially in mapo tofu and a dessert which name I do not know of lmao. It’s basically just silken tofu with a sauce that tastes very strongly of ginger.
great video with good explanation :)
@marystestkitchen
Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Thank you for this detailed recipe! How long can I keep the soymilk and the silken tofu in the fridge? Can I freeze it too? I plan on making multiple batches at once since I love tofu.
Mary, you are the best!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you ;-)
I cannot wait for the next instalment! I plan to try making firm tofu from your old recipe, but I will now wait for the new! I only have long life soymilk from the shops. Is this ok?
Awesome! Really helpful, thank you. Would you know how to make fermented tofu? Best wishes
Excellent explanations
Great job as usual thanks... Alchemy !
Thank you for the steaming step. Some videos never told me to do that.
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome. There are other methods, I just like steaming :-)
How can you make “making tofu” so interesting? Love it!
Hello😍 I am now your new subscriber Mary, thank you for sharing your homemade Silken tofu
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks and welcome
Thank you so much, Mary! I've got soy beans in the pantry and ginger syrup in the fridge! Party time! :)
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
YAY!
I love silken tofu with a sweet homemade ginger sauce. It's quite thin it's not a thick sauce and it is so yummy it's good on anything really. But I eat it as a dessert over tofu, silken tofu.
I adore your videos.
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Shoshana
Thanks for this video! ... I have recently found I’m in Love with silken tofu! Lol ... I cube it up sprinkle it with cinnamon and put it in my green smoothie bowl 😁... I’m excited to try making it homemade 😁🙏
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
ooo nice!
i just made tofu with vitasoy plain boxed soymilk (ingredients: water, soybeans, sugar, salt, 4.3 g fat, 7.3 g protein) and a little less than 1/4th tsp gypsum, and it’s pretty good. smooth and very soft but holds its shape and cuts smoothly. next time i’ll use a bit more gypsum because i used less than 1/4th tsp in case it would flavor it too strongly, but it actually added no flavor at all or at least you can’t taste it under the sweet soymilk flavor. it’s sort of a mix between tofu and tofu pudding bec of the sweetness and softness
Thanks; this was great!
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
you're most welcome! 🤗
You videos have inspired me to make my own. Made a pressed one last week and silken today. The pressed was very good, I LOVED the flavour and texture. I made both with lemon juice, so wasn’t all that happy with the silken, but I will scramble up some and see if I like it that way. If you were going to duplicate the egg/tofu in a tube, would you scramble an egg in just before cooking?
Thank you for doing comparisons!
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
I use white vinegar for making tofu and I use it the same way that I would use nigari; I can't taste the vinegar at all. Have you ever used vinegar? What are your thoughts on this? I love your channel btw!
Out of all Soft Tofu/Taho recipes this one is my favorite! 🤟🏻
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
That's wonderful! Thanks for watching :-)
Dear Mary: this is the first time I see one of your videos. Great discovery! You are very descriptive and explain the steps very good. My actual question is regarding a slow juicer "Angel Juicer" we've just bought (it must be delivered in a couple of days!). We had a very normal Juicer, but with the Angel Juicer we are looking forward to do so much more with nuts /nuts creams and even self made plant based "milks". My question is regarding the soy milk. Do you have any experience on how process the soaked soy beans with such a machine to produce the soy milk? Thank you!
@marystestkitchen
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I do not have experience with using a juicer to make soy milk. I'd love to hear about your experience if you try it though. Cheers!
Mary you are the best! I follow your videos and use your great Ideas and recipes frequently. One question: Did you receive good results making your famous fried chicken using one of your Homemade Tofus? if so, which one? Thanks!
@marystestkitchen
4 жыл бұрын
No, I haven't tried. I don't think it will work with either of my easy tofu recipes.
Thank you! I just made regular Tofu for my 3rd time. I was wondering how to make silken. Fantastic.. I won't have to buy it again..
@marystestkitchen
4 жыл бұрын
Sweet!! How perfect :-)
very informative, thank you.
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
Mary. You got me making soymilk and tofu a couple of years ago. I just got a Soyabella machine. It's like hiring a babysitter when you have kids. After soaking beans it takes 15 minutes for soymilk, 5 min for almond/nut milk. Cleanup is about 15 mins. Best 100.00 Ive spent. Thanx for all your great recipes and Tips. You're one of the BEST!!!!
@marystestkitchen
5 жыл бұрын
That's so awesome to hear!
I really want to try this~ I also wonder if it can also be made with homemade cashew milk.
Hey Mary, great video, thank you so much ! I tired making it today and though the texture’s great it does taste a bit bitter - where could this come from ? The beans, or perhaps too much calcium sulfate ? I might’ve put a tad bit more than you did and my tofu appears slightly firmer. Thanks !
Mary, Thanks much for the simple step by step instructions and the comparisons! Had a couple of follow up questions: What do I do to the final soft tofu (that you have in the glass jar at 8:26 in the video) to keep in the fridge for storage/later consumption? Drain out the water? Add fresh water? Anything else? In your experience, how long can it stay in the fridge this way?
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome. To answer your question, you've got to eat it in, like, 3 days max. I just put the jar in the fridge; no need to do anything to it.
Awesome recipe....thank you Mary....iam sure to give this a try💕💕 just one question, can we use the leftover pulp to cook something?
@marystestkitchen
2 жыл бұрын
You can try out my okara sea burgers! But usually, I just toss the pulp in a bread recipe (replace some of the flour) or add to soup as a thickener.
Thanks for testing... Id thought about trying all there examples...🤓
@marystestkitchen
3 жыл бұрын
You're most welcome. Thanks for watching!