Friday, July 9, 2010

Dried bean curd knots

Do you think that sounds vile and vomitous to non-veg*ns?  I thought it sounded fascinating and delicious until I typed it.

Anyway, I'm getting my mitts on some from the Asian grocer on Brunswick St, Fitzroy. From what I hear, you soak them for 20mins in stock then cook 'em up as a meat substitute, maybe in a stirfry or curry. Ideas??

BUT that's not the exciting thing - apparently they have that yummy stringy faux chicken texture you get in restaurants and never at supermarkets as they are made of lots of thin layers of beancurd skin.

Healthy people: these are meant to be not nearly as processed as other faux meaty things made from soy, woo!

3 comments:

  1. Yep sounds divine to me. I wonder if it's too much for me to attempt to marinate it and use it to replace marinated chicken pieces in a Korean recipe...

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  2. How are you finding them? I've got some I've used at home with mixed results depending on recipes.

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