tofu
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to·fu
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Definition of tofu
: a soft food product prepared by treating soybean milk with coagulants (such as magnesium chloride or diluted acids) : bean curd
… tofu is our most versatile form of nonanimal concentrated protein, as well as the least processed and the most traditional.— Mark Bittman The tofu … was sliced uniformly and stacked neatly in the bowl of clear, seafood-flavored broth.— Karen Hayes Vegetarian cooking has never been so simple. Supermarkets carry packaged convenience foods like tofu hot dogs …— Norine Dworkin
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Bowls include tofu and rice vermicelli, sugarcane shrimp, goat curry flavored with coconut and lemongrass, and five-spice beef short ribs. — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, "Ambitious Bravery Chef Hall now open downtown," 24 July 2019 China also grows its own soybeans, which largely go into food products such as tofu. — Lucy Craymer, WSJ, "From Midwest to Far East: How China Affects America’s Top Farm Export," 28 Jan. 2019 The employees open up the bags and pull the dregs out with their bare hands, separating the bubble tea, watermelon slices and expired tofu. — Washington Post, "Shanghai tries to reduce its trash, 1 chicken bone at a time," 31 July 2019 This can be made vegetarian by holding the shrimp and just using tofu. — Eric Velasco, al.com, "How to make two no-cook, Asian-inspired summer meals," 23 July 2019 Tides of garlic from Woldy Reyes’s chicken sotanghon, a Filipino favorite, mingled with the kick of smoked tofu from Xzherieh Niquae’s take on split pea, cut through with lime from Holly Sheppard’s pozole. — Jeremy Allen, New York Times, "Building a Table for All: The Ascent of Queer Food Culture," 21 June 2018 Add tofu and cook, tossing, until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, "Tofu Pad Thai," 19 Mar. 2018 Ed Sheeran has been compared to tofu, to a sponge, to microbes, and to other ubiquitous inoffensive things that take on the qualities of what’s around them. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "What Makes Ed Sheeran Ed Sheeran," 17 July 2019 Including soy sauce, miso, tofu, tempeh, edamame, and additives like soy lecithin · Dairy. — Molly Kimball, nola.com, "The do’s and don’ts of the nutrient-rich Whole 30 diet: Best of Molly Kimball," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tofu.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tofu
noun
English Language Learners Definition of tofu
: a soft, white food made from soybeans and often used in vegetarian cooking instead of meat
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tofu
noun
to·fu
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Kids Definition of tofu
: a soft food product prepared from soybeans