Easy Tofu

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 7 cups water
• 3 cups soybeans
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 fill your vita-mix or other blender 1/3 full of softened laura soybeans that have soaked in water overnight.
• 2 add water to fill blender to within 2 inches of top.
• 3 puree the soybeans as thoroughly as your blender will grind. this is your soy milk.do not strain this milk, leave the tiny pieces of soybean in the soy milk.
• 4 pour this unstrained soy milk into a pot and heat up to 180 degrees for 20 minutes.stir occasionally to prevent scorching --in case you allow heat to get too high. monitor the temp with any common meat thermometer and try not to go over 180 degrees.
• 5 after milk has cooked remove from heat and gently stir your coagulant of choice into the cooked soy milk and allow it to curd.
• 6 place a piece of cheesecloth over a strainer and pour the curded soy milk into the strainer allowing the whey to drain away. press out excess whey and spoon the tofu into a plastic food storage container and refrigerate.
• 7 i like to lightly sprinkle salt over the top of the tofu and cover with a thin layer of water and store.