Dried Tofu Skin Soup – Clear Soup
Tofu skin (also called yuba) is a great vegetarian ingredient and source of good protein. Dried Tofu Skin Soup in Clear Soup is very easy to make. Add some colours to the soup and make this delicate yuba soup visually attractive.Use konbu dashi to make this soup vegetarian (see note 5).Total Time does not include time to rehydrate dried tofu skin.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 5 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 dried tofu skin ((yuba) sticks (note 1))
- Hot water
- A pinch of baking soda ((note 2))
- 4 slices of thin carrot ((3mm/⅛" thick, note 3))
- 2 small daikon leaves ((note 4))
- 400ml/0.8pt dashi stock ((note 5))
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 tsp sake
- ⅓ tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Add hot water and a pinch of baking soda to a bowl and soak the dried yuba sticks for 2-10 minutes (note 6) until the yuba sticks become soft.
- 2
Remove the yuba from the hot water, pat dry and cut each stick into 4 equal size pieces.
- 3
Bring a pot of the dashi stock to a boil and add the remaining clear soup ingredients.
- 4
Add carrots and cook for 30 seconds, then add yuba and cook for about 1 minute.
- 5
Add daikon leaves and turn the heat off. Serve immediately.