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Easy 10-minute Chinese Tofu Pudding
Smooth silken tofu in a sweet ginger broth. This quick and easy Chinese tofu pudding is a popular dessert served at Chinese dessert cafés. Ready in 10 minutes with just 5 ingredients! This is vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free.
- Prep time
- 2 min
- Cook time
- 8 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 lb silken tofu (or soft tofu/plain dessert silken tofu (chilled))
- 3 cups water (cold)
- 3.52 oz Yellow Rock Sugar (or substitute with cane sugar)
- 3 tbsp brown sugar (light or dark brown sugar both work)
- 5 slices ginger
Instructions
- 1
In a small pot, add water and bring it a boil. Then add ginger slices, yellow rock sugar and brown sugar. Mix, cover and reduce to a rolling simmer on low-medium heat for 10 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved completely.
- 2
Then scoop layers of the chilled silken tofu with a large spoon dividing between five small bowls.
- 3
Once the sweet broth is ready, ladle equal parts into each bowl. Enjoy immediately or you can also serve this cold.