Eating in China
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Tofu-sheet knots

百叶结Bǎiyèjié

Thin pressed tofu sheets tied into small knots.

Type
Tofu and bean products

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Thin sheets of coagulated soy curd, pressed in cloth layers and tied into knots.

In the kitchen

Optional in yanduxian and Shanghai red-braised pork.

Baiye is pressed curd in sheet form; the knot shape differs from flat sheets or thick tofu blocks. It is not a film lifted from the surface of hot soy milk.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有百叶结吗?

Does this dish contain Tofu-sheet knots?

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