Eating in China
Illustration of plain soy milk in a bowl with a few soybeans beside it.

Soy milk

豆浆Dòujiāng

A liquid made from soybeans and water, used as a drink and cooking ingredient.

Type
Tofu and bean products

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

An opaque pale liquid with a soybean aroma; it is not dairy milk or soy-milk skin.

In the kitchen

Used to cook the rice, Chinese yam and edible lily bulb in Meiling congee.

Plain soy milk is plant-based and contains soy. Sweetness and added ingredients vary; check the product or recipe.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有豆浆吗?

Does this dish contain Soy milk?

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