Texture Cluster

Tofu Guide for Chinese Cooking

Learn tofu types for Chinese cooking, compare silken vs firm tofu, and choose the right texture for each dish.

Silken, soft, medium-firm, firm, extra-firm, pressed: tofu is not one ingredient but a family of textures. This cluster exists to stop the most common tofu failure -- using the wrong texture for the job and watching dinner collapse.

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