JP4464348B2 - Tofu noodles and method for producing the same - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to tofu noodles in which tofu is formed into noodles.

JP 05-030933 A JP 05-091847 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-304839 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-155512 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 13-292704

Patent Document 1 discloses a tofu processed noodle-like food that is made of tofu, carrageenan, and water and forms a noodle shape. However, in this product, after the gel-like solidified material obtained from the above raw materials is exposed to cold water for about 10 minutes, it is protruded by an automatic crusher and formed into noodles to produce milky white noodles. At the stage of the gel-like solidified product, it does not form a thin plate, but forms a lump, which is extruded and processed into a noodle shape.
In Patent Document 2, when manufacturing noodles according to a conventional method, the amount of whole-grain tofu mixed in the raw material flour is in the range of 1 to 60% by weight with respect to the flour, and 10 to 1,000 mesh whole fat free Noodle manufacturing method using whole-grain tofu using deodorized soy flour as raw material, which uses a large amount of flour, is based on normal wheat, and is based on tofu Absent.
Patent Document 3 discloses a method for producing noodle-like tofu that heats and cools a mixture containing soy milk and / or tofu grinds and heat-resistant agar to obtain a gel-like product, which is converted into noodles. is there. However, in this method, the mixture is filled in a suitable container such as a mold box, cooled and gelled, and the resulting gel is cut into noodles such as a tokoroten thruster. Thus, it becomes noodle-like (thread-like), and at the stage of the gel-like solidified product, it forms a lump and does not form a thin plate.
Patent Document 4 provides a method for producing elongated noodle-like tofu, which is made by compressing tofu and processing it into an elongated noodle-like shape, then freezing, then thawing, and performing an alkali treatment. This compressed tofu is processed into a long and narrow noodle shape by hand or using a machine.
According to Patent Document 5, a gel is adjusted to pH in soy milk, put into a pad, cooled and solidified, and then the obtained solidified product is put into a noodle-shaped molding machine and extruded to produce raw noodles like a noodle-like line. The production method of the long and narrow noodle-like tofu is disclosed, and at the stage of the solidified product, it forms a lump and does not form a thin plate.

As described above, the conventional method for producing tofu noodles is to make lump tofu in a container such as a pad according to the common sense of tofu formation, and to make it into noodles by noodle making means such as an extruder. As a result, there is a problem that it is difficult to process the noodle-like body. Moreover, when processing into a noodle shape, it was necessary to improve about components other than soymilk in order to prevent tofu from collapsing or collapsing.
The present invention is intended to provide a noodle tofu that can be easily processed into a noodle-like body by improving the shape of the soymilk that is solidified and solidified, and a method for producing the same.

The present invention comprises a coagulation step in which a coagulant is added to soy milk and solidified, and a cutting step in which the tofu obtained by the coagulation step is cut. The coagulation step is solidified in a state where the soy milk to which the coagulant is added is spread in a thin plate shape. In the method for producing tofu noodles, in which the cutting step is to cut the thin plate-like tofu into noodles, the solidification step is a thin plate-like soymilk with a coagulant added in the mold. When spreading into a thin plate shape, a coagulant is added and a sheet-like body having water permeability is arranged between soy milk and soy milk to stack a plurality of thin plate-like soy milk. By pressing and solidifying these soymilks with the body sandwiched between them, a plurality of thin plate-like tofu is formed, and a continuous long sheet-like body is used as the above-mentioned sheet-like body , This sheet-like body from one end to the other end of the mold The sheet-shaped body is folded back at the end of the mold, thereby laminating a plurality of thin sheet-shaped soymilk with the sheet-shaped body sandwiched between the layers. When laying, the sheet-like body is laid from one end to the other end of the mold and folded, and the sheet-like body is folded from the other end to the one end of the mold to fold back more than twice. By providing a method for producing tofu noodles, characterized in that two or more sheet-like bodies are arranged between soymilk to which a coagulant is added and soymilk to which a coagulant is added. To solve.
In the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, the mold is a mold having no bottom, and a bottom plate slightly smaller than the inner method of the mold is arranged on the bottom of the mold, and the sheet-like body is laid thereon. A method for producing tofu noodles according to claim 1 is provided.

In the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, as described above, the coagulation step is to solidify the soymilk to which the coagulant is added in a thin plate shape into a tofu. To form. Therefore, it is possible to produce noodle-like tofu simply by cutting it to a predetermined width, and the processing after solidification is simple, and beautiful noodle tofu can be easily produced. In addition, since it is not necessary to use an extruder and it is easy to process, it is possible to process tofu into noodles without using special additives, and the degree of freedom in selecting the raw materials for tofu increases. Is.
Furthermore, the invention according to claim 2 of the present application is capable of improving the mass productivity of tofu noodles in addition to the above effects.
The invention of claim 3 of the present application is characterized in that it is formed into a noodle shape by cutting a thin plate-shaped tofu obtained by solidifying a soy milk to which a coagulant is added in a thin plate shape. Therefore, it was possible to provide noodle tofu that was easy to process after hardening and finished beautifully.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 relates to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The tofu noodles of the present application are manufactured by a kure making process, a coagulation process, and a cutting process.

(1) Preparation process of Kure The preparation process of Kure should just be based on the conventional method, and grind | pulverizes the soybeans immersed for about 8-18 hours, adding water. Next, the ground soybean soup (Kure) is boiled and, after heating, separated into soymilk and okara by filtration with a cloth or the like. As for soy milk, it is desirable to use a liquid material containing soy milk components with a soy solid content of 8% or more stipulated in the Japanese Agricultural Standards. It is not impossible to use.

(2) Solidification step The solidification step is a step in which the above-described soy milk (boiled cucumber) after heating is added with a coagulant and then molded into a predetermined shape.

(2-1) Coagulant addition step To the soy milk, a coagulant (a treatment agent having a coagulation effect on soy milk such as a bittern containing magnesium chloride as a main component and a clear powder containing calcium sulfate as a main component) is added. Stir. The temperature of the soy milk when adding the coagulant is desirably 70 to 75 ° C., and the blending amount of the coagulant and soy milk varies depending on the amount of soy solids in the soy milk. It is sufficient to follow the usual method. Desirably, 10-fold to 4-fold soy milk is preferably used, and the weight ratio of soy (including those removed as okara) to water is 1:10 to 4:10. It is preferable to use about 6 g in the case of magnesium chloride and about 4 g in the case of calcium sulfate (however, 4.5 g or more cannot be used due to legal regulations) with respect to 4.5 liters of this soy milk. It can be appropriately changed within the range according to the ordinary method. Additives such as viscosity modifiers can also be added, but good tofu noodles can be obtained according to the production method of the present invention without adding any additives.

(2-2) Mold Insertion Process The soymilk to which the coagulant is added begins to coagulate, but is quickly put into the mold when coagulation has started. As shown in FIG. 1 (A), the mold 1 is suitably a square shape in plan view with a side wall 2 around it, and a plurality of drain holes 3 are formed on the side wall. This mold 1 has only a side wall 2 and has a bottom surface and a top surface that are open. However, as shown in FIG. 1B, the mold 1 is erected from a bottom surface 4 having a drain hole 3 and its periphery. Conventional molds for cotton tofu with side walls 2 can also be used. The draining holes 3 may be formed with an appropriate size and number of holes 3 on the condition that water is discharged well from tofu during the pressurizing step.

  FIG. 2 shows the process of placing the mold. When placing the mold, the mold 1 is placed on a flat table 5 and the bottom of the mold 1 is opened (in FIG. 1A, the bottom is opened). Therefore, the sheet-like body 6 is laid on the base 5 from one end of the mold to the other end (FIG. 2A). The sheet-like body 6 having water permeability such as cotton cloth is appropriate, and the width of the sheet-like body 6 is preferably substantially the same as the width of the inner method of the mold 1. A coagulant-added soymilk t (hereinafter simply referred to as “soymilk t”) is spread on the sheet-like body 6 to a substantially uniform thickness to form a thin plate (FIG. 2B). This thickness depends on the soymilk concentration, and is preferably about 3 to 4 times that of the finished tofu noodles. .

  Next, the sheet-like body 6 is laid on the soy milk t spread evenly (FIG. 2C). The sheet-like body 6 may be separate from the previous sheet-like body 6, but in this example, since a continuous long sheet-like body 6 is used, the sheet-like body is formed at the end of the mold 1. 6 is folded and returned from the other end side to the one end side and placed on the soymilk t. And on this sheet-like body 6, the coagulant-added tofu t is spread in a thin plate shape with the same thickness as above. By repeating this operation, it is possible to stack a plurality of layers of sheet-like soy milk t in a state where the sheet-like body 6 is sandwiched between the layers (FIG. 2D).

(2-3) Pressurizing step On the last stacked sheet-like body 6, a press plate 7 for uniform pressurization is arranged according to a conventional method of cotton tofu, and a weight and a pressurizing device 8 are arranged thereon. And pressurize. By this pressurization, the thin plate-like tofu u which has been drained and squeezed is solidified (FIG. 3A). The thickness of each thin plate-like tofu u is suitably about 1 to 15 mm, but is more preferably 1.5 mm or more from the viewpoint of maintaining the shape as noodles and 10 mm or less from the viewpoint of texture. This pressurization process itself is the same as the production of cotton tofu, but as described above, it is greatly different in that the sheet-like body 6 is laminated with the sheet-like body 6 sandwiched between the layers of the lamellar soymilk t. Therefore, it is sufficient to use a pressurizing device used for normal cotton tofu for pressurization time and pressure.

(3) Cutting process The obtained thin plate-like tofu u is taken out from the mold 1 and cut into a predetermined width to complete a noodle-like tofu noodle m. When taking out from the mold 1, the mold of FIG. 1A is advantageous in that it can be removed from the mold simply by lifting the mold 1 because there is no bottom. On the other hand, in the case of FIG. 1B, it is necessary to lift the end of the sheet-like body 6 and remove it from the mold 1.

  The sheet-like body 6 is removed from the laminated lamellar tofu u, and the lamellar tofu u is cut to complete the tofu noodles m (FIG. 3B). This cutting may be performed by stacking a plurality of thin plate-like tofu u with a press cutter or a knife, or may be performed separately one by one. The cutting width is suitably about 1 to 15 mm, but may be appropriately changed within the range allowed for the shape and texture of noodles.

  The present invention can be implemented with various modifications. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, a bottom plate 11 slightly smaller than the inner method of the mold 1 is arranged on the bottom of the mold 1 having no bottom. However, the sheet-like body 6 can be laid on top of it. Thereby, the water from the soymilk t is easily drained from the gap between the bottom plate 11 and the side wall of the mold 1, which is advantageous. At this time, it is advantageous in terms of drainage that the leg portion 12 is disposed under the bottom plate 11 and the distance between the leg portion 12 and the base 5 is maintained. Further, a drain hole may be provided in the bottom plate 11. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 4, when two or more sheet-like bodies 6, 6 are arranged between the soymilk t and the soymilk t, water is drained from between the sheet-like bodies 6, 6. It is advantageous in terms of draining water. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, the continuous sheet-like body 6 may be folded back twice or more, and another sheet-like body may be sandwiched therebetween.

  In addition, the present invention obtains noodles having a uniform thickness by not performing a process called “breaking”, which is performed in cotton tofu, by adding an additive and breaking the coagulated soymilk and putting it in a mold. It is advantageous in that it can be performed, but this breaking step can also be performed. However, it is difficult to obtain good noodle tofu unless sufficient attention is paid to the degree of coagulation until the pressing step (pressing step) is performed and the size when it is broken. In addition, the coagulation process in this invention is made into a coagulation process including the process of pressurizing and pressing after injection | throwing-in of a coagulant | solidification agent regardless of whether a breaking process is performed.

  The obtained tofu noodles m can be eaten as it is, can be heated, and can also be dried. As a drying method, the tofu noodles m having a different texture can be obtained by drying the cut tofu noodles m on a colander (pallets, pastes, etc.) for about 2 days. The drying days vary depending on the thickness and temperature of the noodles, and the processing method after cutting such as forced drying such as hot air drying in addition to natural drying can be changed as appropriate.

Prepared 4.5 liters of soy milk at approximately 75 ° C (using 3 types of 10-fold soy milk, 7-fold soy milk, and 4-fold soy milk) according to the conventional method for producing cotton tofu. 6 g of bittern was added (even if the soymilk concentration was different, the amount of bittern was the same). The mold-filling process was performed promptly at the stage where solidification started. In the mold putting process, a mold shown in FIG. 1A and a continuous cotton cloth were used, and a thin plate-like tofu was created in the process shown in FIG. The thickness of each layer before the pressing step was about 5 mm, and the thickness of the obtained lamellar tofu was about 1.5 mm. Similarly, the thickness of each layer before the pressing step was changed to about 3 mm, about 10 mm, 20 mm, 30 mm, and 45 mm to obtain a thin plate-shaped tofu having a thickness of about 1 mm, about 3 mm, about 6 mm, and about 15 mm, respectively. Also, were also carried out for the case of double cotton fabric as shown in FIG. 4, the direction of that shown in FIG. 4, the drainage is good, producing a lamellar tofu in a relatively short time (about 6 minutes) However, there was no significant difference in the state of the obtained lamellar tofu. Five of these lamellar tofu were stacked and cut into a width of about 5 mm with a press cutter to complete a tofu noodle. Each of the tofu noodles was put in hot water and chopped as chopsticks as chopped noodles. As for any thin plate-like tofu, the noodles made of tofu were healthy and innovative. I was able to taste it. Furthermore, when the cut tofu noodles m were dried in the sun for about 2 days on a colander, the yellow color increased and it became hard, but when boiled in hot water and eaten with chopsticks as an attached noodle, it would be broken I could eat.

(A) (B) is a perspective view of the type | mold used for the manufacturing process of the tofu noodles based on this invention. (A) thru | or (D) is explanatory drawing of the manufacturing process of the tofu noodle which concerns on embodiment of this invention, respectively. (A) is explanatory drawing of the manufacturing process of the tofu noodles based on this invention, (B) is explanatory drawing of the cutting process. It is explanatory drawing of the manufacturing process of the tofu noodles concerning other embodiment of this invention.

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1 Mold 2 Side wall 3 Drain hole 4 Bottom surface 5 Stand 6 Sheet-like body 7 Press plate 8 Pressurizer t Soy milk u Thin plate tofu m Tofu noodle

Claims (2)

A coagulation step of adding a coagulant to soy milk to solidify, and a cutting step of cutting the tofu obtained by the coagulation step,
In the coagulation process, soymilk with a coagulant is hardened into a thin plate and made into tofu.
In the method for producing tofu noodles, the cutting step is to make noodles by cutting the thin plate-like tofu ,
The coagulation step includes a step of spreading the soy milk to which the coagulant has been added in a thin plate shape within the mold. When the soy milk is spread into a thin plate shape, the coagulant is added to form a sheet-like body having water permeability between the soy milk and the soy milk. A plurality of thin plate-shaped tofu is formed by coordinating and stacking multiple layers of thin plate-shaped soy milk and pressing and solidifying these soy milk with this sheet-like material sandwiched between them. ,
By using a continuous long sheet-like body as the sheet-like body, spreading the sheet-like body from one end to the other end of the mold, and repeating the operation of folding the sheet-like body at the end of the mold, a plurality of Laminate a thin sheet of soymilk in a state where a sheet-like body is sandwiched between layers,
When laying the sheet-like body, the sheet-like body is laid from one end to the other end of the mold and folded, and the continuous sheet-like body is folded more than twice by laying from the other end to the one end of the mold. There is provided a method for producing tofu noodles, characterized in that two or more sheet-like bodies are arranged between the soymilk to which the coagulant is added and the soymilk to which the coagulant is added. 2. The mold according to claim 1, wherein the mold is a mold having no bottom portion, and a bottom plate slightly smaller than an inner method of the mold is arranged on the bottom of the mold, and the sheet-like body is laid thereon. A method for producing tofu noodles.

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