Eating in China
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Soy-milk skin

油豆皮Yóu dòupí

Thin sheets lifted from the surface of heated soy milk.

Type
Tofu and bean products

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Thin sheets lifted from the surface of heated soy milk. These sheets differ from pressed tofu sheets such as baiye or qianzhang. The wrapper and the filling are separate choices: a soy-based wrapper can contain fish or other animal ingredients.

In the kitchen

Wraps fish in Ningbo tofu-skin yellow croaker.

These film sheets differ from pressed curd sheets such as baiye or qianzhang. The Xiangshan preparation uses freshly lifted and hung skin.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有油豆皮吗?

Does this dish contain Soy-milk skin?

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