Go-dofu with Sesame Soy Sauce
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- Active time
- 35 min
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- See the steps
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 11
About this dish
Soy milk and dairy milk are set with kudzu starch and gelatin rather than the nigari used for regular tofu, giving glossy blocks that are pudding-soft but distinctly elastic.
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This Arita specialty from Saga is served with a sauce of dashi, soy sauce, and ground sesame and finished with yuzu peel or young sansho leaves. Local stories trace it to a kudzu-set soybean method learned from Chinese residents of Nagasaki in the early twentieth century. With brown sugar syrup and kinako instead, it becomes dessert, and the blocks are fried or added to miso soup as well.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Sprinkle the powdered gelatin evenly over 60 ml cold water and leave undisturbed for 5 to 10 minutes to bloom fully.
- 2
Whisk 40 g water gradually into the kudzu starch until lump-free.
Combine soy milk and milk in a heavy pot and strain the kudzu slurry into them through a fine sieve.
- 3
Set over medium-low heat and scrape the bottom and corners continuously with a wooden spatula.
Cook 12 to 15 minutes, until about 90°C and thick enough to hold a brief spatula trail, then mix in the salt.
- 4
Reduce to the lowest heat, add the bloomed gelatin, and dissolve completely for 1 minute.
Do not boil. Turn off the heat, pour into a water-rinsed mold, and level the surface.
- 5
Let the steam subside at room temperature for no more than 30 minutes, then cover and refrigerate within 2 hours of heating.
Chill at least 3 hours to set through the center. Mix the dashi, soy sauce, and ground sesame into the dressing and keep chilled.
- 6
Run a wet knife around the mold, release the go-dofu, and cut into four portions.
Place one on each plate, spoon over sesame soy sauce, and finish with yuzu peel or tender sansho leaves.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
すこやか食卓・さが · Checked: 2026-08-11
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